Subject: Suit Against Risk Pool
Date: Published: 4/2/93 (26 lines)
Source: Wall Street Journal. Copyright Dow Jones & Co. Inc.

    ACLU and a South Carolina
    AIDS Organization Sue Risk Pool
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    By Amy Stevens
    Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

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    AIDS EXCLUSION:  The American Civil Liberties Union and a South
 Carolina organization for people with AIDS filed a lawsuit in
 federal court against South Carolina's insurance risk pool.  The suit
 alleges that the risk pool, which insures people who have been
 turned down by private health insurers, violates the Americans with
 Disabilities Act by denying coverage to people with AIDS.  State
 lawmakers exempted people with AIDS when they created the pool.
 James C. Gray, attorney for the insurance pool, said the program is
 complying with the state law.

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