Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ptsfa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!lll-crg!well!ptsfa!rob From: rob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo) Newsgroups: net.motss,net.med,net.kids,net.singles Subject: Re: Politics of AIDS, of Foster Care Message-ID: <872@ptsfa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 13-Sep-85 08:54:52 EDT Article-I.D.: ptsfa.872 Posted: Fri Sep 13 08:54:52 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 14-Sep-85 16:59:56 EDT References: <858@burl.UUCP> <1554@bbncca.ARPA> <865@burl.UUCP> Reply-To: rob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo) Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco Lines: 41 Xref: watmath net.motss:2058 net.med:2374 net.kids:1993 net.singles:9246 In article <865@burl.UUCP> rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson) writes: >In article <1554@bbncca.ARPA> rrizzo@bbncca.ARPA (Ron Rizzo) writes: >> [<<<<<<<======THAT'S JACKSON!!] >> >>What's wrong with insurance companies using HTLV-III bloodtests >>to assess applicant risk for life insurance? The danger is that >>test results will be used to deny coverage, & not just raise >>premiums: Rep. Ted Weiss (D-NY), chair of the subcommittee that >>oversees Health & Human Services, expressed this fear, but my >>posting did not mention it. >> >>If results were used to deny coverage or put an astronomical price >>on premiums, most gay men in many urban areas would be effectively >>denied life insurance. Rates of positive test results among gay men >>have been as high as 70-80% according to surveys in a number of large >>US cities. >> >I still don't see any problem as long as the rate increases are well- >correlated with the chances of contracting AIDS if one tests positive >and with the chances of death resulting from contracting AIDS. > NY Native, 9 Sept. 85 - Nationwide Insurance seeks to deny policies to gays "Columbus, Ohio - The Trenton times reported Aug 16 that the Columbus based Nationwide Insurance Company has begun screening male applicants in states with high incidence of ADIS to determine if they are gay. Lou Fabro, director of public relations for the $3.5 billion company, told the Times, 'If an applicant is a potential homosexual, the underwriters have ways of finding out. We can deny coverage. We wouldn't tell them why, we would just say they didn't qualify.' "Fabro later retracted the statement, telling the Associated Press it was 'taken out of context.' He added, 'Nationwide does not deny coverage to homosexuals. We couldn't do that. But if we are suspicious that a person is promiscuous ,since only promiscuous people get AIDS. The Times reported that Nationwide checks for evidence of homosexuality by interviewing neighbors, checking for male roommates, checking for male beneficiaries on other policies, and by running credit checks." -- Rob Bernardo, San Ramon, CA (415) 823-2417 {ihnp4|dual|qantel}!ptsfa!rob