Fund That Denied Benefits for AIDS Settles EEOC Suit

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Fund That Denied Benefits for AIDS Settles EEOC Suit

Wall Street Journal (12/15/95) P. B10
Felsenthal, Edward

In one of the largest settlements ever in a lawsuit against a health plan for denying AIDS coverage, the Mason Tenders District Council Welfare Fund agreed to pay $1 million to 14 people with AIDS or their survivors. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had charged that the employee-benefit fund for New York construction and asbestos workers violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to cover AIDS treatments. In the lawsuit, the fund argued that it had to cap AIDS benefits because of losses from large health care bills and a scarcity of construction jobs. The issue remains unresolved because the Mason Tenders settled without a court ruling, but the enormity of the settlement will probably spur other workers to sue. Related Story: New York Times (12/15) P. D4

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