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In article <1992Nov10.151701.28669@rock.concert.net> bing@jazz.concert.net (Carter E. Bing) writes:

> 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.

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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