HIV+Hep in the News

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Biden administration calls for Medicare to cover HIV drug, PrEP

by | Jul 12, 2023

“Currently, Medicare beneficiaries are only guaranteed access to daily oral PrEP through Part D and face out-of-pocket costs, and long-acting injectable PrEP has not generally been covered,” said a statement from Carl Schmid, executive director of the HIV + Hepatitis Policy Institute. “Today’s announcement “marks a huge step in ensuring Medicare beneficiaries who want to protect themselves against HIV by using either daily oral or long-acting PrEP can do so without cost-sharing,” Schmid’s statement added. “As people are living longer and remain sexually active, it is important that anyone who has a reason to be on PrEP can access it.”

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Lawsuit against Affordable Care Act targets PrEP

by | Jul 10, 2023

“We must not allow a couple of individuals who want to discriminate against people who use PrEP and don’t support insurance coverage of preventive services, such as HIV and hepatitis B and C testing, to destroy the public health of our country,” said Carl Schmid, executive director of the HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute, one of 25 advocacy group that filed a joint amicus brief on June 23.

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NAIC presses Congress, Treasury to ensure states can regulate plan cost-sharing

by | Jul 6, 2023

Carl Schmid, executive director of the HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute, which has strongly pushed for regulations that require insurers to count all copay assistance toward the deductible, says the clarity is needed because – as the commissioners point out – the current uncertainty gives opponents an avenue to water down the state laws by arguing that they cannot apply to residents enrolled in an HDHP.

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PrEP Access and Coverage Act reintroduced in Congress

by | Jul 3, 2023

“Passage of (the PrEP Access and Coverage Act) will greatly expand access to PrEP for people who have health coverage across all payers and create a national PrEP program that includes community and provider outreach as well as PrEP drugs and associated services for the uninsured,” executive director of the HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute Carl Schmid said in a statement. “We must address head-on the wide disparities in PrEP use, and these bills do that.”

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Democrats introduce bill to make PrEP available to more Americans

by | Jul 1, 2023

“We thank the leadership of Sen. Smith, Rep. Schiff, and their 53 colleagues in reintroducing the PrEP Access and Coverage Act,” executive director of the HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute Carl Schmid said in a statement. “Passage of these bills will greatly expand access to PrEP for people who have health coverage across all payers and create a national PrEP program that includes community and provider outreach as well as PrEP drugs and associated services for the uninsured. We must address head-on the wide disparities in PrEP use, and these bills do that.”

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