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This 25 page paper provides an overview of the problem of the stigmatization of people with HIV/AIDS. This paper applies this problem as it relates to the issue of discrimination in health care access. Bibliography lists 30 sources.
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for individuals with AIDS/HIV. The Supreme Court upheld a ruling by the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Doe vs. Mutual of Omaha, maintaining that
while the Americans with Disabilities Act protects the rights of individuals with HIV infection from discrimination, that it does not apply to health insurance policies (Business and Health 19).
Companies like Mutual of Omaha, a health and life insurer, have pushed for caps on insurance coverage and limitations regarding coverage for individuals with HIV infection, essentially paying benefits for
HIV infection at a fraction of what is paid for many other illnesses, including heart disease and cancer (Business and Health 19). Subsequently, health care institutions have struggled with
the issue of discrimination and the question of treatment of people with AIDS/HIV. This is just one example of the worldwide struggle to address the problem of AIDS/HIV
and conflicts with health providers and insurance companies, and it can be argued that AIDS/HIV has effectively changed the way many of these companies do business. The onset of
the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and the question of the process of determining insurance coverage and basic health care treatment has led many organizations and HMOs to implement restrictions
on coverage based in what has been deemed "pre-existing conditions" and to refuse coverage to individuals based on everything from existing medical concerns to the choice of an individual to
pursue an HIV antibody test, regardless of whether that test determined the presence of the disease or not. The widespread impact of the AIDS/HIV disease on insurance companies, including
their protocols for operation and the ability to maintain levels of care for different diseases, requires an understanding of the history of the disease and the essential reasoning behind
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