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  • In Times of Uncertainty, Remember Your Values

    I want to recognize the tension and fear many of our community members are facing and will continue to I also want to acknowledge that those fears come from harms many of us have felt in years prior. In reflecting on the meeting, I felt rooted in a simple fact, one I hope to come back to many times as In many ways, this operational assessment is not different from rule-making and regulatory engagement permanent blogger and he will be taking on some additional administrative responsibilities in helping CANN maintain

  • Medicaid loses billions as 340B program expansion collides with state budgets

    Lost rebate revenue gets offset by reduced reimbursement, maintaining fiscal neutrality. require states to directly manage pharmaceutical benefits—a complex undertaking that smaller states may The analysis notes: "Our analysis does not account for other pathways through which the 340B program may This dynamic creates perverse incentives where financial considerations may influence prescribing patterns States lose revenue they need to maintain Medicaid access while providers chase 340B margins to replace

  • Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Face Political Crossroads as Coverage Crisis Looms

    For a 45-year-old person living with HIV earning $65,000 annually—just above many states' Ryan White For people living with HIV, who are disproportionately concentrated in the South where many states haven't Current insurance patterns reveal the precarious coverage situation for many people living with HIV. Geographic disparities compound the challenge—52% of new HIV diagnoses occur in the South, where many This extension must maintain the elimination of the subsidy cliff at 400% of federal poverty level, ensuring

  • The Plan to Kill the World's Most Successful AIDS Program

    illegally, and completely unnecessarily destroying a cause prayed for, advocated for, designed by, and in many researchers have outlined reform proposals that could reduce program costs by 20% over five years while maintaining binding bilateral compacts with clear milestones, graduated timelines based on country capacity, and maintained to protect PEPFAR through appropriations and oversight, but sustained advocacy will be necessary to maintain

  • HRSA's 340B Pilot Tests What Already Works While Ignoring What Doesn't

    To be fair, in terms of actual financial impact for covered entities this may end up being a distinction standard of 340B implementation, proving that rebate systems can safeguard against duplicate discounts and maintain Given widespread complaints from covered entities about rebate models, maintaining current distribution or delayed benefit somehow threatens access are effectively admitting that their financial benefit may invites large-scale exploitation of federal and state resources - the very issue that has generated many

  • CBO Data Proves Hospital Systems Exploit 340B Drug Program for Billions

    hospitals to extend 340B benefits to satellite facilities serving affluent populations, provided they maintain Off-site outpatient clinics participating in 340B exploded from 6,100 in 2013 to 27,700 by 2021, with many acquisitions that eliminate competition, enabling hospitals to raise prices and reduce services while maintaining The legislation is far from perfect, including a six-month limitation on telehealth provisions that may

  • September Shutdown Could Cripple Open Enrollment as HIV Patients Face Coverage Crisis

    Many earn too much to qualify for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program services but depend on enhanced subsidies The prospect of 75% premium increases forces impossible choices between maintaining viral suppression TD Cowen's analysis notes that "many Congressional Republicans are also eager to extend these subsidies Centers typically maintain 100 days to six months of reserves, making extended shutdowns particularly their commitment by including them in September funding legislation, not promising future action that may

  • The Great European Drug Drought: What MFN Means for America

    America faces a hard choice: maintain our position as the country where breakthrough treatments emerge

  • The HIV Care System Is Breaking Before Congress Even Cuts It

    These numbers tell an important story, but not the one many headlines suggest. In July 2025, the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced a bipartisan bill that maintains flat funding Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, must complete 80 hours per month of approved activities to maintain Taken under another lens, many AIDS service organizations converted to Federally Qualified Health Center while robbing the state’s Medicaid program of possible Medicaid Drug rebates because no single claim may

  • The Story of Us: How Celebrity Voices Have Shaped HIV Advocacy for Four Decades

    the first time only two days before that dinner, did not deliver a formal address on the crisis until May serve as "vehicles and embodiments of concern that act as proxies for their various audiences" and "maintain Variety that upticks in diagnoses among women of color across the South demand attention, and that many cross-section of famous people used their platforms to put HIV back in front of millions of people who may

  • Global & National Perspectives on HIV & HCV Co-Infection

    budgets harmed by COVID-19 related revenue decreases, a few states have instituted – and currently maintain For example, while Georgia’s ADAP maintains DAAs on the formulary, payment for same is halted due to However, many states rely upon “lock-out” programs administered by insurance providers or managed care

  • Modeling Navigation: Hepatitis C Toolkit for Improving Care for People Who Use Drugs

    activities of the patient navigator role (as opposed to supporting case management work directly, as seen in many Entities considering the model should note: combining these roles may weaken the efficacy of the program of (and need for) syringe services programs (SSPs), medication assisted treatment (MAT), addressing maintenance materials (also found in the resources section of the materials).This model poses an opportunity that may

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