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Who pays for AIDS?. [videorecording]

[Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Educational Foundation, c1988 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9100534A
Woodruff J

Abstract: (Producer) With more and more American contracting AIDS, the cost of treatment is beginning to overwhelm government agencies. By 1991, the bill for caring for people with AIDS could climb to nearly 10 billion dollars a year. At least half that bill will be paid by taxpayers. This program examines the predicament of people with AIDS. Unable to handle skyrocketing medical expenses after losing their jobs and their health insurance, many must turn to the government for assistance. It looks at overburdened hospitals, clinics, and AIDS service organizations, as they struggle to stretch limited funding to accommodate an increasing number of AIDS cases.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*ECONOMICS United States MONOGRAPHKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/KWDeconomicsunitedstatesmonograph
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