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Re:Why I Wrote PGP (1999) by ams6110 on Saturday November 30, 2013 @05:12PM (#6824880)
It might if they ever decide that HIV positive folks are too expensive to keep treating.
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Re:Why I Wrote PGP (1999) by superuser2 on Saturday November 30, 2013 @05:24PM (#6824938)
This is the case with every insurer (unless one operated blind and didn't know what it was cutting checks for?) but government at least answers to anti-discrimination standards. If this became normal practice among insurers, then you'd be entirely screwed.
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Re:Why I Wrote PGP (1999) by anotheraccount7 on Saturday November 30, 2013 @08:57PM (#6825681)
except that's not in the realm of reality for the US...
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