Key Issues
Mission Statement: to promote quality and affordable healthcare for people living with or at risk of HIV, hepatitis, and other serious and chronic health conditions.
HIV
Promote necessary funding, programs, and policies to end the HIV epidemic in the United States
Funding
Ensure there is necessary federal funding for domestic HIV programs including Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, CDC HIV Prevention (including School and Adolescent Health), NIH AIDS Research, Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA), Minority AIDS Initiative, sexual education and other programs included in the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative such as Community Health Centers and the Indian Health Service.
Programs and Policies
Ensure that federal HIV programs and policies support the needs of people living with and at risk of HIV and are administered and delivered free of discrimination and stigma, fully engage relevant communities, and meet the needs of state and local communities, and allow them to best meet the goals of ending the HIV initiative, including increased HIV prevention, HIV screening, and linkage to care and treatment in order to achieve sustainable viral suppression. Ensure that funding is distributed equitably and used efficiently in order to maximally impact positive health outcomes.
Viral Hepatitis
Promote necessary funding, programs, and policies to end viral hepatitis in the United States
Funding
Ensure there is necessary federal funding for domestic viral hepatitis programs including CDC Hepatitis Prevention and others necessary to end hepatitis B and C in the United States, including those related to infectious diseases associated with the opioid epidemic.
Programs and Policies
Ensure that federal viral hepatitis programs and policies support the needs of people living with and at risk of hepatitis and are administered and delivered free of discrimination and stigma, fully engage relevant communities and meet the needs of state and local communities, and allow them to best meet the goals of ending hepatitis by increased hepatitis prevention, hepatitis screening, and linkage to care and treatment, including curative treatments. Ensure that funding is distributed equitably and used efficiently in order to maximally impact positive health outcomes.
Healthcare Access
Promote programs and policies that provide healthcare to people with HIV, hepatitis, and other serious and chronic conditions
Programs
Ensure that people with and at risk of HIV, hepatitis, and other serious and chronic health conditions have access to comprehensive, quality, and affordable healthcare that includes preventive services, including private insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, and other forms of health coverage.
Policies
Ensure that healthcare programs are patient-focused so that people can receive the quality care and treatment prescribed by their provider at a cost they can afford.
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Finds that the 3 large PBMs jack up the price of low cost generic PrEP by over 1000% for commercial markets and medicare.
FTC Releases Second Interim Staff Report on Prescription Drug Middlemen
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The Federal Trade Commission today published a second interim staff report on the prescription drug middleman industry, which focuses on pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs) influence over specialty g
Health Insurers Must Cover All PreP:
Glassman: How Trump can meet his goal of ending AIDS
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In Donald Trump’s 2019 State of the Union Address, he made “a commitment to eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 years” by launching the federal Ending the HIV Epidemic I...
What STAT readers thought went overlooked in 2024: "The Biden admin’s failure to enforce a 2023 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruling that struck down a Trump-era rule allowing #insurers to implement #copayaccumulator progs":
Long Covid, AI ‘obsession,’ trust: What STAT readers thought went overlooked in 2024
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Long Covid, AI, and trust: STAT readers on what went underdiscussed in 2024 — and what they think will happen in 2025.
In a new Chicago Sun-Times opinion, leaders at the HIV and Hepatitis Policy Institute & Diabetes Leadership Council underscore the need for the 119th Congress to pass comprehensive #PBM reform to ensure that all #patients, regardless of disease progression or diagnosis, can access the care they rely on. Read more: bit.ly/CST-PBMs