The Financial Impact of Domestic Partner Benefits in New Hampshire

What would be the financial implications of offering domestic partner benefits to state employees 1 in New Hampshire? Recent scholarly research and information from government agencies lead to the following findings:1. Health insurance benefits are an important form of compensation, and employers are important sources of health care coverage.2. Employers are increasingly offering the same health care benefits to the same-sex domestic partners of their employees as are offered to spouses of employees.3. Health care costs for the State and local employers would increase by a small amount.4. Some of the added cost to the State will be offset by lower spending on Medicaid and uncompensated health care, and by lower training and recruitment costs