It was an absolute delight to see corporate embracing the LGBT community with wide options of acceptance. Accepting the differences in the natural ways each one of us are made is the best regard we can pay to be having born as human beings.
Couple of most encouraging moves of the recent times:
1. Coverage of health insurance and group insurance schemes of the same gender couple. All these years, you can add your spouse and children, and in some cases parents in your health insurance policy coverage. Very recently, corporates started to include same sex couples to add their same gender spouse/ life partner/ live-in partner into the health insurance fold which is a welcoming move.
2. Acceptance of same sex spouse/ partner to claim the benefits of the professional or employee, in event of unfortunate death, retirement or personal disability. In this case, the employee can nominate his or her partner without feeling embarrassed or guilt and could choose the options of inheritance as per their choice.
Even at the times, when we do not have a legalized system in place for the same sex marriages in India, we are happy to be welcoming the inclusion of the LGBT community in its rightful share in the society.
However, what annoys me and frustrates me with pain is the fact that we are yet to get the Mental Illness included in the medical insurance coverage. Further, forget about the rightful inheritance of the mentally ill, the first and foremost reason for any kind of socially acceptance is itself not available to mentally ill.
On the lighter note, probably, insurance companies and community will not be able to compensate as every one of us have some form or the other of mental illness.......:-)
1. Coverage of health insurance and group insurance schemes of the same gender couple. All these years, you can add your spouse and children, and in some cases parents in your health insurance policy coverage. Very recently, corporates started to include same sex couples to add their same gender spouse/ life partner/ live-in partner into the health insurance fold which is a welcoming move.
2. Acceptance of same sex spouse/ partner to claim the benefits of the professional or employee, in event of unfortunate death, retirement or personal disability. In this case, the employee can nominate his or her partner without feeling embarrassed or guilt and could choose the options of inheritance as per their choice.
Even at the times, when we do not have a legalized system in place for the same sex marriages in India, we are happy to be welcoming the inclusion of the LGBT community in its rightful share in the society.
However, what annoys me and frustrates me with pain is the fact that we are yet to get the Mental Illness included in the medical insurance coverage. Further, forget about the rightful inheritance of the mentally ill, the first and foremost reason for any kind of socially acceptance is itself not available to mentally ill.
On the lighter note, probably, insurance companies and community will not be able to compensate as every one of us have some form or the other of mental illness.......:-)
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