"Rules on Disability Benefits Eased for HIV-Infected People"

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"Rules on Disability Benefits Eased for HIV-Infected People"

Washington Post (12/18/91), P. A2
Rich, Spencer

Abstract: New rules were released yesterday by the federal government allowing more people who are infected with HIV, but do not have full-blown AIDS, to be considered for disability benefits. The new policy will immediately cover people who have not reached retirement age and apply for disability benefits under the Social Security program or the federal Supplemental Security Income program for low-income people. Applicants can receive up to about $1,200 a month plus eligibility for Medicare or Medicaid. Social Security officials say the new rules will permit an HIV-positive person who has symptoms of illnesses associated with AIDS, but does not yet have what is defined as AIDS. Previously, such persons would not have received benefits until their condition became so apparent that they became unable to continue working. However, Leslie Wolfe, executive director of the Center for Women Policy Studies, said the new rules are still not adequate enough to include all of the nation's ill HIV-infected women.

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