Employers
Providing Domestic Partner Benefits
To Same-sex and Opposite-sex Partners:
Cost Analysis
| Employer |
Year DP Plan Began |
Total in Workforce |
Number
Signed Up as DPs |
%
signed Up as DPs |
Information
Reported Regarding Costs including portion paid by employer, and experience with DP
benefits plan |
| Berkeley City (CA) |
1984 |
1,475 |
116 |
7.9% |
DPs constitute only 2.8% of
total health costs |
| Blue Cross of
Mass. (MA) |
1994 |
6,000 |
78 |
1.3% |
Cost information not
reported by research source |
| Borland
International (CA) |
1992 |
1,200 |
49 |
4.1% |
Cost information not
reported by research source |
| Broward County (FL) |
1998 |
6,400 |
70 |
1.1% |
Minimal cost |
| Cambridge City (MA) |
1993 |
500 |
4 |
.8% |
Cost information not
reported by research source |
| Internet. Data
Group (MA) |
1993 |
1,600 |
14 |
.9% |
Cost information not
reported by research source |
| King County (WA)** |
1993 |
11,400 |
300 |
2.6% |
Pays 100% of basic plan; no
adverse consequences |
| Levi Straus
& Co. (CA) |
1992 |
23,000 |
690 |
3.0% |
Costs are same as or less
than spouses |
| Laguna Beach
City (CA) |
1990 |
226 |
6 |
2.7% |
Costs are same as spouses |
| Los Angeles City
(CA)** |
1994 |
34,500 |
448 |
1.3% |
Costs are same as spouses;
no adverse experience |
| Los Angeles
County** |
1996 |
75,000 |
1,347 |
1.8% |
Costs are same as spouses;
no adverse experience |
| Multnomah County
(OR)** |
1993 |
4,000 |
132 |
3.3% |
Cost information not
reported by research source |
| New York City** |
1994 |
497,210* |
2,790 |
.6% |
Pays 100% of basic plan; no
adverse experience |
| New York State** |
1995 |
320,000* |
2,000 |
.6% |
Pays 25% of cost / no
adverse experience |
| Olympia (WA)** |
1995 |
530 |
12 |
2.3% |
Pays portion for dependents;
nothing adverse |
| Rochester (NY)** |
1994 |
2,900 |
100 |
3.4% |
Costs are same as spouses /
no adverse experience |
| Sacramento City
(CA)** |
1995 |
4,000 |
15 |
.4% |
City doesn’t pay for
DPs; worker gets group rate |
| San Diego City
(CA)** |
1993 |
9,300 |
50 |
.5% |
City doesn’t pay for
DPs; worker gets group rate |
| San Francisco
City (CA) |
1991 |
32,900 |
296 |
.9% |
City doesn’t pay for
DPs; worker gets group rate |
| San Mateo County
(CA)** |
1992 |
4,200 |
138 |
3.3% |
Cost information not
reported by research source |
| Santa Cruz City
(CA)** |
1986 |
800 |
23 |
2.9% |
Costs are same as spouses /
non-union not eligible |
| Santa Cruz
County (CA) |
1990 |
2,100 |
33 |
1.6% |
Costs are same as spouses |
| Santa Monica
(CA)** |
1994 |
1,100 |
34 |
3.1% |
City pays for DPs; costs are
the same as spouses |
| Seattle City
(WA)** |
1990 |
10,000 |
500 |
5.3% |
2.5% of total health costs;
less than spouses |
| Vermont State** |
1994 |
9,000 |
280 |
3.1% |
State pays 80% for
dependents; nothing adverse |
| Xerox
Corporation |
1995 |
47,000 |
100 |
0.2% |
Pays $1,000 per year toward
DP health coverage |
| Ziff
Communications (NY) |
1993 |
3,500 |
75 |
2.1% |
Cost information not
reported by research source |
| Total |
|
1,099,401 |
9,630 |
0.9% |
Costs are same or less than
for spouses. No adverse consequences reported by any employer. |
| *Includes
retirees
** Benefits managers
at these employers were interviewed by Spectrum Institute during March and April 1997;
Information on Broward County was added in May 2000
Other data was gathered from employee
benefits publications, e.g., Hewitt Associates, Bureau of National Affairs, Commerce
Clearing House, International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans, and news
articles. (Revised 5-21-00) |
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