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Aetna Lowering Out-of-Pocket Costs for Most AIDS Drugs
Aetna Inc. has agreed to reduce out-of-pocket payments for most HIV and AIDS medicines after pressure from an advocacy group, revising coverage that had some patients paying $1000 a month for the drugs.
Aetna Inc. has agreed to reduce out-of-pocket payments for most HIV and AIDS medicines after pressure from an advocacy group, revising coverage that had some patients paying $1000 a month for the drugs.
Before the change, Aetna put almost all HIV drugs in its highest category of cost sharing, asking patients to pay as much as half the expense of high-priced medicines, according to the AIDS Institute. The health insurer will move the drugs into a category that will charge patients $5 to $100 after deductibles are met, the nonprofit institute said Thursday. Cynthia Michener, an Aetna spokeswoman, confirmed the change.
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Elevating Equitable Health Care for the LGBTQ+ Community
June 18th 2024For the third episode in our special Pride Month series, we speak with Patrick McGovern, CEO of Callen-Lorde since August of 2023 and an outspoken advocate for HIV; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus (LGBTQ+); and community health.
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Accessibility Important After FDA Approves Lenacapavir for PrEP: Q&A With Colleen Kelley, MD, MPH
June 20th 2025The approval of lenacapavir, a form of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), marks significant progress in preventing HIV, making it vital for the treatment to be available and accessible to those most vulnerable, explains Colleen Kelley, MD, MPH, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.
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Community Outreach Is Enabling CeSHHAR to Close HIV Care Gaps in Zimbabwe
April 6th 2021The Centre for Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Research Zimbabwe conducts evidence-based research related to HIV and AIDS, as well as provides and implements sexual and reproductive health education and interventions among sex workers, children, and adolescents, and in the area of masculinity.
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