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Email Email   • Glossary Glossary  May 26, 2004  My question
involves the following fact pattern:  An extraordinarily
conservative law firm self funds its employee welfare benefit
program. Employee need to be tested for STDs and HIV. As a self
funded entity, an "officer" of the boss....has access to any
medical information that is being paid for through the plan.  1)
knowlege that an employee even needed STD screening, much less
knowledge an employee was taking a medication designed for
curing or treating an STD; will likely result in either
termination or ultimate career degredation; 2) employee need
health insurance and and self funded plans can be changed at the
drop of a hat.... to specifically excl