Kat,

       I can understand the economics and maybe I am naive,  but to terminate
employees with catastophic conditions seems cruel. As a HR person, do you
believe
they are on firm legal grounds? It would seem they are discriminating. In end
stages, most such conditions would effect performance.

Bobby


>  Companies have been quietly terminating employees who have cancer, AIDS,
> etc. because of high medical costs, but officially due to performance issues.
>