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Litigation regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) will give some idea of the act's potential for outlawing caps on health insurance coverage for HIV-related problems. ADA section 102(b)(2) states that employers may not engage in discrimination against the handicapped based on a contractual relationship. This is qualified, however, by Section 501(c), which states that Section 102(b)(2) must not be construed to limit employers' participation in bona fide employee benefit plans. Moreover, denial of HIV coverage cannot be made for moral reasons.
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Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 imposes certain duties on the commercial real estate industry to accommodate the disabled. These duties may prove quite costly. 'Primary function areas' as well as ways of getting to and from these areas must be accessible to and usable by the disabled, and both landlords and tenants of commercial real estate are legally obligated to comply. Complying with the law in older buildings may be so expensive that they are no longer commercially viable.
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The summary form of the Clinton administration's health care reform plan purports to reach the goal favored by AIDS organizations of ensuring universal access to health care, but it leaves some of AIDS patients' other concerns unanswered. These include caps or exclusions for AIDS care, remedies for AIDS patients denied appropriate therapy, coverage of off-label prescription drugs, discrimination against AIDS patients in the provision of health care benefits and confidentiality concerns.
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