7/24/2008: Sick & Fired: Is There 'Health Discrimination' in the Workplace? (Orlando Sentinel via Consumer Watchdog)
Excerpt: "Patients' advocates say some companies, squeezed by rising insurance costs, are finding reasons to fire workers with long-term illnesses. Statistics aren't available on how often this happens. But increasingly, health-care costs are driving a 'wedge' between employers and their employees, said Jerry Flanagan with Consumer Watchdog, a California-based advocacy group."
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