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- Get Tested, Get Treatment, Bluegrass Hiv Coalition Encourages
Today is World AIDS Day and health advocates are asking Kentuckians to get tested and get treatment. Hundreds of Kentuckians are diagnosed with AIDS each year, reports Mary Meehan of the Lexington Herald-Leader. Minority populations are hit particularly...
- On 30th Anniversary Of Aids Detection, It Is No Longer A Death Sentence, But Kentuckians Die Because They Delay Testing
Though life expectancy for people living with AIDS has improved, the disease "remains a serious health threat, with Kentucky's minorities and poor being affected in disproportionate numbers," reports the Lexington Herald-Leader's Mary Meehan....
- Hiv/aids Coverage And Care: Before, During, And After Aca Implementation
The Affordable Care Act, passed in 2010, is expected to expand insurance coverage and care for millions of people in the U.S., including people living with HIV. The provisions of the ACA will dramatically impact access to care, specifically antiretroviral...
- See Into The Future Of Health Care Reform
Illinois Health Matters has released a new data visualization tool, ?Visualizing Health Care Reform in 2014,? for understanding the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in Illinois. This easy-to-use, interactive tool maps the State and shows who is...
- Essential Health Benefits: What?s It Mean For People With Hiv?
On December 16, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that states would decide what essential health benefits will be provided under health care reform. Although we had urged HHS to adopt a uniform, national benefits...
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New Fact Sheet: How the Health Reform Law Helps People with HIV
Still wondering how the Affordable Care Act helps people living with HIV/AIDS? Well, there?s no need to wonder anymore!
The HSS Office of Health Reform has developed a new fact sheet about how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is particularly important for people living with HIV/AIDS, as well as other people living with serious medical conditions. The law has made significant progress in addressing the concerns and advancing the rights of people with HIV consistent with the goals of the President?s National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
The HSS Office of Health Reform has developed a new fact sheet about how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is particularly important for people living with HIV/AIDS, as well as other people living with serious medical conditions. The law has made significant progress in addressing the concerns and advancing the rights of people with HIV consistent with the goals of the President?s National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
Among the ways the new health law is helping people with HIV are the following:
- Ensuring that AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) benefits are now considered as contributions toward a Medicare beneficiary?s true Out of Pocket Spending Limit for drug coverage.
- Improving access to coverage and protecting people with HIV/AIDS now by making available a Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan in every state and making important insurance reforms to protect people from insurance company abuses;
- Offering quality coverage and care to every person with HIV/AIDS in 2014 and beyond via Medicaid expansion, additional insurance reforms, and closing the ?Donut Hole?, and
- Increasing opportunities for health, well-being, and cultural competency.
So, whether you are just learning about the Affordable Care Act or looking for updated information, this fact sheet gives you the tools you need to make informed choices about your health. Read more details in the fact sheet (PDF) about what the health care law does to help people with HIV/AIDS.
This post originally appeared on the HIVHealthReform.org Blog.
- Get Tested, Get Treatment, Bluegrass Hiv Coalition Encourages
Today is World AIDS Day and health advocates are asking Kentuckians to get tested and get treatment. Hundreds of Kentuckians are diagnosed with AIDS each year, reports Mary Meehan of the Lexington Herald-Leader. Minority populations are hit particularly...
- On 30th Anniversary Of Aids Detection, It Is No Longer A Death Sentence, But Kentuckians Die Because They Delay Testing
Though life expectancy for people living with AIDS has improved, the disease "remains a serious health threat, with Kentucky's minorities and poor being affected in disproportionate numbers," reports the Lexington Herald-Leader's Mary Meehan....
- Hiv/aids Coverage And Care: Before, During, And After Aca Implementation
The Affordable Care Act, passed in 2010, is expected to expand insurance coverage and care for millions of people in the U.S., including people living with HIV. The provisions of the ACA will dramatically impact access to care, specifically antiretroviral...
- See Into The Future Of Health Care Reform
Illinois Health Matters has released a new data visualization tool, ?Visualizing Health Care Reform in 2014,? for understanding the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in Illinois. This easy-to-use, interactive tool maps the State and shows who is...
- Essential Health Benefits: What?s It Mean For People With Hiv?
On December 16, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that states would decide what essential health benefits will be provided under health care reform. Although we had urged HHS to adopt a uniform, national benefits...