Ingrid Ankerson and Megan Sapnar have joined five other couples in a fight against a Wisconsin policy for state employees that does not provide full health benefits to domestic partners.
If I broke a bone or I needed an ambulance those are the sorts of things that I have to pay out of pocket,” explains Ankerson.
She works for a start up company without coverage, while her partner, Sapnar, is a teaching assistant with full benefits at the University of Wisconsin.
UW Provost Peter Spear says, “we’ve tried to recruit outstanding world class faculty who did not want to come here because we do not offer domestic partners benefits.”(Video.)