Abstract
A mere six years after the first cases were officially diagnosed, AIDS has reached epidemic—some would say plague—proportions. And the number of cases and deaths is expected to mount. Once dismissed as a disease of homosexuals, AIDS is moving slowly but steadily into the heterosexual population. According to Centers for Disease Control tallies, nearly 45,000 have AIDS and about 26,000 Americans have died from the disease. CDC believes that another 1.5 million Americans are infected with the virus; many are symptomless. CDC estimates that, by 1991, 179,000 Americans will have died from the disease—three times the number killed in the Vietnam war. Efforts to control AIDS are raising countless legal and ethical issues. Health care, disability, and life insurance costs are expected to rise sharply as the number of AIDS cases increases. Coming to grips with the economics of AIDS is important to the nation's security and to the well-being of its people. Equally important ...
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