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In article <1992Nov10.211424.4102@oneb.almanac.bc.ca> kmcvay@oneb.almanac.bc.ca (Ken Mcvay) writes:
>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.

Which is incorrect, because the ruling only affects employers in Texas,
Louisiana, and Mississippi.  The other 47 states have no federal law on the
subject.
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