Health/Life Insurance & HIV/AIDS

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If I quit my current job to move to a new state for a new job, will it be possible to have continuous health insurance coverage?
Can my employer terminate my health insurance if I've been on medical disability?
I'm HIV positive, and my wife is dropping me from her health insurance. What options are available to me now?

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General Overview

Finding Health Care; Preparing for the Future (February 2011)
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
FAQs About Insurance From The Body's "Ask the Experts" Forums
From The Body's "Ask the Experts" Forums
Solving the Puzzle of Insurance & Government Benefits for People With HIV/AIDS (2004)
From AIDS Legal Referral Panel of the San Francisco Bay Area
Seventh Circuit Refuses to Apply ADA to Health Insurance Policies (June 3, 1999)
[Archived Article]
Lambda and ALCC warn ruling undermines ADA protections.
From Lambda Legal
A Snapshot of an Epidemic in Flux: A Survey of Effective Legal Strategies for Survival in Changing Times (February 1998)
[Archived Article]
A five-part series.
In A Snapshot of an Epidemic in Flux: A Survey of Effective Legal Strategies for Survival in Changing Times, from Paul Hampton Crockett, Esq.

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