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LGBTQ Agenda: Ongoing suit threatens PrEP coverage as patient groups fight for copay assistance

by | May 16, 2023

“These conservatives use him and find these cases to go after certain things they don’t like and it goes to the 5th Circuit and likely to the [U.S.] Supreme Court,” Schmid said, referring to the lower court judge. “Everything we talked about before with insurers not covering PrEP for free — that would all go away, and not only for PrEP but for HIV testing, hepatitis B testing, hepatitis C testing, STD testing, smoking, lung screenings, mental health screening — it would all go away. They are all in jeopardy.”

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Federal judge in Texas struck down the Affordable Care Act requirement that insurers cover some preventive care services

by | Apr 3, 2023

Carl Schmid, executive director of the HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute, in a statement, said O’Connor’s ruling “is based on deep discrimination” against people who benefit from PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis medicines for non-HIV-positive people who are sexually active) and other medical services that prevent or detect serious health conditions. “We expect that the U.S. government will quickly act to stay this decision so that preventive services can continue nationwide, and appeal it,” he added, calling on health insurers to continue to cover preventive services without cost-sharing during an appeals period.

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Judge’s decision would make some no-cost cancer screenings a thing of the past

by | Mar 30, 2023

The ruling eliminating preventive coverage without cost sharing for PrEP on religious grounds shows “clear bias,” said Carl Schmid, executive director of the HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute. Some states have passed laws that will continue to require coverage of ACA-mandated preventive services even if the federal protections are eliminated. [This piece ran in 71 additional publications.]

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