U.S. Government Assistance: Medicare/Medicaid
The Basics
- Medicare Rights Center (Regularly Updated)
The Medicare Rights Center (MRC) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to ensuring that older adults and people with disabilities get good, affordable health care.
- Medicare Enrollment: Hidden Traps (Autumn 2012)
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In Being Alive Newsletter, from Being Alive
- 2012 Changes in Social Security and Medicare (Winter 2011)
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In Being Alive Newsletter, from Being Alive
- Medicaid and HIV: A National Analysis (PDF) (October 2011)
From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- HIV Special Needs Plans: A New Health Care Option for New York Medicare Recipients (and Their Children) (Winter 2005/2006)
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In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Medicaid and HIV/AIDS (PDF) (October 2006)
From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- People With Medicare and HIV/AIDS (August 16, 2005)
Information for patients.
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From U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Navigating the Rocky Waters of U.S. HIV/AIDS Healthcare: Medicaid (November/December 2004)
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Navigating the Rocky Waters of U.S. HIV/AIDS Healthcare: Medicare (November/December 2004)
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Medicaid and Medicare: Ripping Holes in the Safety Net (Fall 2004)
An explanation of Medicaid and Medicare eligibility requirements, benefits and coverage gaps.
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
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News
 Helping Marginalized Populations: The Top 5 Things You Should Know about the Medicaid Expansion (August 9, 2012)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
On TheBodyPRO.com
- U.S. Busts $108 Million Black Market in Medicaid Drugs (July 18, 2012)
In Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- AIDS Activists Warn Medicaid Opt-Out Could Harm Treatment in Hard-Hit South (July 11, 2012)
In Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
 Cali Offers Up First Medicaid Expansion Program as Other States Express Expansion Doubts (July 3, 2012)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
- Four Busted in $150M HIV/AIDS-Medicaid Drug Scam (April 4, 2012)
In The New York Post
- Medicaid Redesign Team Recommends Housing Supports for People With HIV (December 15, 2011)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
- Congress Must Protect Medicare, Medicaid, Ryan White and Critical Health Services (November 11, 2011)
From HIV Prevention Justice Alliance
- Action Alert: Tell Gov. Cuomo to Consider Transgender Medicaid Proposal (October 3, 2011)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
- In D.C., Housing Works Activists Join Fight For Medicaid (September 26, 2011)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
- How to Save Medicaid? Get on a Bus! (September 12, 2011)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
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Viewpoints
 Under Surveillance by Medicaid (April 19, 2012)
From Positive Women's Network of the United States of America
- AIDS Doctors Raise Concerns About Medicaid Expansion for HIV/AIDS Patients (October 24, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
 Poz Politics ... in the Face of Armageddon: A Blog Entry by Ibrahim (August 13, 2011)
"Understanding that I am among the vulnerable category in the U.S. is a stressful feeling -- imagining that if the ship sinks, I will be among the first to jump off the boat. If an ordinary citizen is worried about losing his job and medical insurance, that to a Poz person will equal a death sentence."
From TheBody.com
- I Do! Three Medicaid Reform Proposals We'd Say Yes To (March 3, 2011)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
- Indecent Proposals: Three Medicaid Reforms That Would Harm the Poor (March 1, 2011)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
- Medicare Expands Coverage for Treating Facial Lipodystrophy Syndrome in People Living With HIV: A Blog Entry From Positive Policy (March 29, 2010)
From TheBody.com
- End the Two-Year Wait for Medicare (January 11, 2010)
A sign-on letter to the leaders of the U.S. Congress.
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From Coalition to End the Two-Year Wait for Medicare
- North Carolina Residents Should Urge Lawmakers to Continue Funding HIV Program, Opinion Piece Says (June 15, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily U.S. HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Lack of Circumcision Coverage in U.S. Medicaid Programs Could Increase HIV Transmission Risk, Researchers Say (February 24, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Medicaid Under Attack -- Again (March 2005)
The 2005 budget season may not be a pleasant one for Medicaid, thanks to a stronger post-election Republican party, Project Inform says.
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In WISE Words, from Project Inform
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