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15 J. Corp. L. 849 (1989-1990)
AIDS and Cancer: Critical Employment Discrimination Issues

handle is hein.journals/jcorl15 and id is 859 raw text is: AIDS AND CANCER: CRITICAL EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION ISSUES 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................... 850 II. THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF LIFE-THREATENING D ISEASE ............................................................................ 855 A. The Importance of Work ............................................. 855 B. The Fear of Life-Threatening Disease in the Workplace Experienced by Employers and Co-workers ..................... 856 C. The Implications of Life- Threatening Disease Such as Cancer and AIDS for Acquiring Insurance Coverage .................. 857 1. Health Insurance Protection Under a Group Policy... 858 2. Health Insurance Protection Under an Individual P olicy ................................................................. 859 3. Life Insurance Protection ....................................... 860 4. Insurers' Underwriting Policies ............................... 860 III. THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 ....................................... 861 A. Handicapped Individual ............................................... 861 B. Otherwise Qualified ..................................................... 864 IV. THE SUPREME COURT'S INTERPRETATION OF THE ACT .............. 865 V. THE APPLICATION OF THE REHABILITATION ACT AND ARLINE TO CANCER-BASED DISCRIMINATION ............................................ 869 A. Handicapped Individual ............................................... 869 B. Otherwise Qualified ..................................................... 870 VI. THE APPLICATION OF THE REHABILITATION ACT TO AIDS DISCRIMINATION ................................................................. 873 A. Handicapped Individual ............................................... 873 1. Under the Statute, Agency Regulations, and Arline ... 873 2. Civil Rights Restoration Act .................................. 875 3. Department of Justice Memorandum ....................... 875 B. Otherwise Qualified ..................................................... 876 1. Cases Involving Employment .................................. 876 2. Cases Involving Admittance to Schools .................... 879 VII. CURRENT FEDERAL LEGISLATION ........................................... 881 VIII. EMPLOYER CONCERNS AND OPTIONS ...................................... 882 A. Fear of Contagion ...................................................... 882

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