HIV/AIDS & U.S. Health Insurance
The Basics
 The Affordable Care Act Helps People Living With HIV/AIDS (January 18, 2013)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- What Happens When COBRA Ends (Summer 2012)
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In Being Alive Newsletter, from Being Alive
- Newly Diagnosed or Long-Term Survivor -- What Everyone Should Know About HIV and Their Rights (September/October 2011)
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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
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Nationwide News
- Ryan White Medical Providers Coalition Co-Chairs Statement on the Supreme Court's Affordable Care Act Decision (June 28, 2012)
From Ryan White Medical Providers Coalition
 Three Important Ways Obamacare Helps People With HIV/AIDS: A Blog Entry by Candace Y.A. Montague (June 28, 2012)
"This historic act has paved the way for so many Americans to get coverage that was previously denied to them just a few years ago. For people living with HIV/AIDS this decision is without question a victory."
From TheBody.com
- Supreme Court Decision on Affordable Care Act Offers Great Promise in Fight Against AIDS (June 28, 2012)
From HIV Medicine Association
 What the Affordable Care Act Means for Women, Girls and Families (March 15, 2012)
From The Women's Collective
- 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
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Research
- Health Insurance Coverage Linked to HIV Viral Load Suppression (Video) (March 5, 2013)
From HIVandHepatitis.com
- 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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