AEGiS-APPJ: AIDS, Public Policy, and Insurance

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AIDS, Public Policy, and Insurance

AIDS & Public Policy Journal 2, no. 1 (Winter 1987): 1
Robert F. Hummel

This issue of the AIDS & Public Policy Journal presents some rather diverse views with regard to HIV testing, its use by insurance companies, and the potential consequences of various public policies. The insurance and HIV testing debate is illustrative of the need for a credible national policy forum to consider the complex array of issue surrounding HIV infection. Efforts thus far have proven woefully inadequate in the face of an epidemic that has such profound social and personal implications.
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