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AIDS: Regulatory Issues for Life and Health Insurers

AIDS & Public Policy Journal 2, no. 1 (Winter 1987): 2-10.
Jack H. Blaine

While much debate has centered on the issue of voluntary vs. mandatory testing of various segments of the public, attention should rightfully be focused on carriers of the virus as they may be spreading the disease to others. Recent studies indicate that as many as 34 percent of infected persons have gone on to develop AIDS within 5 years. Currently, accepted estimates are that between 20 percent and 30 percent of the estimated one to one and a half million individuals infected as of June 1986 can be expected to progress to AIDS by the end of 1991. Those who develop AIDS will incur significant health care costs. The author reviews issues of concern to health insurers.
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