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From STAT: “The HIV and Hepatitis Policy Institute filed formal complaints w/#insurance regulators in 5 states against Medica & Harvard Pilgrim Health Care which cover a combined 4.2 million people, alleging that the #insurers discriminate against people living with HIV”:
Pharmalittle: We're reading about RFK Jr. and vaccines, obesity-drug prescribing for kids, and more
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would have broad power as HHS secretary to strip vaccine makers' protections against lawsuits
HIV Discrimination Complaints Filed in Five States Against Insurers for Substandard Drug Coverage & High Cost-Sharing: bit.ly/3YPvYSX National Association of Insurance Commissioners
The HIV and Hepatitis Policy Institute submitted comments on the 2026 draft Letter to Issuers, faulting for failing to enforce ACA anti-discrimination protections, backtracking on adverse tiering & discriminatory plan benefit reviews, & not ensuring #copayassistance counts: bit.ly/40yytf8
Biden-Harris Administration Urged to Comply with Court Decision & Require Insurers to Count Copay Assistance: bit.ly/3O6YVVy
Cornelius did so much to advance many causes to make this world a better place, he was an extraordinary leader and will be truly be missed.
Beloved public health, LGBTQ rights advocate Cornelius Baker dies
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Longtime D.C. resident served as director of Whitman-Walker