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- Subject: Re: Court Ruling
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.211424.4102@oneb.almanac.bc.ca>
- From: kmcvay@oneb.almanac.bc.ca (Ken Mcvay)
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 21:14:24 GMT
- References: <1992Nov10.151701.28669@rock.concert.net>
- Organization: The Old Frog's Almanac
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- In article <1992Nov10.151701.28669@rock.concert.net> bing@jazz.concert.net (Carter E. Bing) writes:
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- > COURT ALLOWS INSURANCE CUTS:
- > Supreme Court action Monday will allow employers to sharply cut
- > health insurance coverage for workers with AIDS or other costly
- > illnesses. Without comment, justices declined to hear the plea of
- > the estate of John McGann, whose Houston employer cut AIDS
- > coverage from $1 million to $5,000 after learning he had the
- > disease in 1987. McGann died last year at 47.
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- Not quite - as I understand it, the ruling (or refusal to rule) only
- effects employers who fund their own health insurance, not all employers - I
- think the news suggested about 40% of US employers would be affected.
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