HIV/AIDS & U.S. Health Insurance
The Basics
- Newly Diagnosed or Long-Term Survivor -- What Everyone Should Know About HIV and Their Rights (September/October 2011)
To read PDF, click here.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Navigating the Rocky Waters of U.S. HIV/AIDS Healthcare: Private Health Insurance (November/December 2004)
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Health Care Reform 101 (September/October 2004)
A review of current health insurance issues in the United States, and advice on how to find out where candidates stand.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- HIPAA: Understanding Your Rights of Insurance Portability and Privacy (September/October 2003)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Getting and Keeping Insurance When You Are HIV Positive (July 2003)
From The Well Project
- Access to Treatment: Private Insurance Overview (July 2003)
From Project Inform
- Understanding Prescription Benefits (July/August 2001)
To read PDF, click here.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Your Benefits and You: It's HIPAA With a Double "A," Not HIPP With a Double "P" (May 2001)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
- HMO, Insurance Policies Threaten HIV Care: Interview With Dr. X (July 7, 2000)
Many health plans use various means to discourage HIV specialty care in order to avoid attracting expensive patients into their plans; AIDS Treatment News interviewed an AIDS doctor who provides details.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- Health Insurance: New NAPWA Guide (November 20, 1998)
From AIDS Treatment News
- For Your Benefits: Dispelling Myths About Insurance Industry Files (September 1998)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
- HMOs and Quality Care for HIV -- Interview With Stephen Becker, M.D. (Part 2 of 2) (October 3, 1997)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- HMOs and Quality Care for HIV -- Interview With Stephen Becker, M.D. (Part 1 of 2) (September 5, 1997)
From AIDS Treatment News
- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions (Fall 1997)
From Lambda Legal
- Health Insurance More Available: Federal Legislation Effective July 1 (July 18, 1997)
From AIDS Treatment News
- The Impact of Managed Care on People Living With HIV: Quality vs. Cost-Saving (Summer 1997)
In STEP Perspective, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
- Your Insurers Are Not Necessarily Your Friends (March 1997)
From Paul Hampton Crockett, Esq.
- One (Very) Small Step for Health Care Reform: What Does the Kennedy-Kassebaum Health Coverage Act Mean for You? (Spring/Summer 1997)
From Lambda Legal
- Managed Care and the Patient With HIV (June/July 1996)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Be Careful With Grace Periods
From Affording Care
Nationwide News
- Goodbye Co-Pays: HIV Tests, Birth Control Will Be Free By 2013 (August 3, 2011)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
- New Mandates on Insurance, Many Free, Go Into Effect (August 3, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HHS Secretary Requires Insurers to Cover HIV Testing for Women (August 2, 2011)
Will help more women learn of their HIV status.
From The AIDS Institute
- Affordable Care Act Ensures Women Receive Preventive Services at No Additional Cost (August 1, 2011)
From U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- CDC Reports 50 Million Americans Uninsured (November 10, 2010)
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Federal Pre-Existing Condition Coverage Up and Running in Most States (August 10, 2010)
From Project Inform
- President Obama Announces the Creation of a Joint Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (April 9, 2009)
The new initiative will set up electronic medical records that start when military personnel enlist and last the rest of their lives.
From White House
- Health Care in the U.S.: Closing the Gaps, Opening the Door (Fall 2008)
To read PDF, click here.
In Achieve, from ACRIA and GMHC
- HIV/AIDS and the Fight for Universal Health Care: Bridging the Movements (May 1, 2007)
From Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project
- Ritonavir Sales Projected to Top $2B in Next Decade; Insurers' Costs Skyrocket (June 7, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Number of Uninsured in U.S. Rose to 41.2 Million Last Year (September 30, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Health Insurance Reimbursement Legislation (August 18, 2000)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear HIV Insurance Caps Case (January 10, 2000)
[Archived Article]
Lambda, ALCC vow to continue fighting discriminatory insurance policies.
From Lambda Legal
- Health Insurance: New NAPWA Guide (November 20, 1998)
From AIDS Treatment News
- Health Insurance More Available: Federal Legislation Effective July 1 (July 18, 1997)
From AIDS Treatment News
Research
- Population-Level Effects of Uninterrupted Health Insurance on Services Use Among HIV-Positive Unstably Housed Adults (August 12, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Institute of Medicine: Lack of Insurance Can Mean Early Death (June 17, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Does Access to Health Care Impact Survival Time After Diagnosis of AIDS? (June 4, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Study: Uninsured Don't Get Needed Health Care; Delayed Diagnoses, Premature Deaths Result (May 22, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Association of Medical Insurance and Other Factors With Receipt of Antiretroviral Therapy (May 20, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Managed Care Poses a Threat to the Quality of HIV Care (Summer 1996)
Report from the XIth International AIDS Conference.
In STEP Perspective, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
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