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Trapped in a Broken System

Gregory Trotter | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Affordable Care Act, Hiv, Healthcare Reform, AIDS Drug Assistance Program, Ryan White Act, Preexisting Conditions, Ryan White, Preexisting-Conditions, Insurance-Companies-Preexisting-Conditions, Aca, ACA AIDS, Chicago News
Gregory Trotter

For the 1.2 million Americans living with HIV, the Affordable Care Act will be utterly life-changing. For some, it will be life-saving.

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110,000 New Yorkers Are HIV Positive

AP | CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: AIDS Drug Assistance Program, New York City Health Department, Nyc HIV, Ny News, AIDS Drugs, Thomas Farley, Aids, Hiv, New York News, Nyc AIDS, World AIDS Day, New York News

NEW YORK — Health officials in the nation's largest city are recommending that any residents living with HIV be offered AIDS drugs as soon as th...

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Cash-Strapped States Cut Funding For HIV, AIDS Drugs

Washington Post | Posted 07.22.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Drug Assistance Program, Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program, U.S. Economy, HIV Medications, Hiv/Aids Drugs Funding, Florida Aids Drug Assistance Program, Economy, HIV/AIDS Drugs, States Budget Crisis, Antiretroviral Drugs, States Budget Cuts, Politics News

Cash-strapped states are scaling back efforts to provide life-saving medicines to HIV patients. The result: more than 8,300 people -- a record numb...

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Red Ink Blots Black AIDS Day

David Ernesto Munar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Health, HIV/AIDS, AIDS Drug Assistance Program, Ben Bernanke, Health Insurance, Medicare, ADAP Programs, Black-Aids-Day, Chicago News
David Ernesto Munar

For the African-American community, which bears the brunt of the nation's HIV/AIDS crisis, budget threats are real and could have negative repercussions for decades to come.

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The Pill Bottle is Still Half-Empty for Many AIDS Patients

Melody Serafino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Centers for Disease Control, HIV/AIDS, AIDS Drug Assistance Program, Housing Works, Barack Obama, Home News
Melody Serafino

Last month President Obama was in New York City for a Democratic fundraiser, but it wasn't his political views that made headlines. Thanks to some ag...

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Silence Still Equals Death

Jim Pickett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Dadt, AIDS Drug Assistance Program, Illinois Budget, Illinois Budget Crisis, Pat Quinn, Chicago News
Jim Pickett

As a gay man living with HIV, I am feeling really conflicted during this month of LGBT Pride. I know I am supposed to be awash in warm, fuzzy feelings of pride and joy. But you know what? Not so much.

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