The stepchildren of working parents in New York state are dependent children for the purposes of qualifying for coverage under federally regulated group health insurance plans, a federal judge ruled in a suit against Wal-Mart. The judge said that Wal-Mart's plan, which requires that non-custodial stepchildren live with Wal-Mart employees at least nine months out of the year and that they be claimed on their parents' federal tax returns as dependents to qualify for coverage, runs counter to New York law.
August 30, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The stepchildren of working parents in New York state are dependent children for the purposes of qualifying for coverage under federally regulated group health insurance plans, a federal judge has ruled.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., based in Bentonville, Ark., had balked at providing coverage for the stepson of one of its employees in upstate Essex County, N.Y. The county sought to force Wal-Mart to insure the boy after he was enrolled in Medicaid, the taxpayer-supported health insurance program.
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