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Policy Brief: National Health Care Policy for LGBT People and People Living with HIV
The Fenway Institute recently published an issue brief on Essential Elements of a Revised National Health Care Policy for LGBT People...
Mar 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Issue Brief: Insurance Coverage Changes for People with HIV Under the ACA
A new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation reveals that, under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid expansion drove a...
Feb 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Resources for HIV and PrEP Navigators
AIDSource, a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), has developed webpages with resources on HIV navigation and...
Dec 23, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
2017 PrEP Coverage Guide for Illinois
The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) has prepared a report on the estimated monthly out-of-pocket cost a person can expect to pay for...
Dec 14, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Disability Inclusion Resources: ACA Open Enrollment Period
Open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) began November 1, 2016 at healthcare.gov. There are several resources, which can...
Nov 17, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Health Literacy Month: Health Literacy as an Issue of Health Equity
In the last decade, health equity has increasingly become a critical concern in the field of public health. From the local to federal...
Oct 31, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Fact Sheets: HIV and the Medicaid and Medicare Programs
Medicaid, the nation’s public insurance program for low income individuals, and Medicare, the federal health insurance program...
Oct 17, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Issue Brief: Connections: From Health Informatics to Improved HIV Outcomes
NASTAD (National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors) released a new Health Systems Integration resource, Connections:...
Sep 22, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
New York Health Center Increases PrEP Uptake by Transgender Clients
The need to prevent HIV infections and improve the health of transgender men and women is urgent. Although there are very few data on...
Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Policy Brief: National Health Care Policy for LGBT People and People Living with HIVThe Fenway Institute recently published an issue brief on Essential Elements of a Revised National Health Care Policy for LGBT People and People Living with HIV. LGBT people and people living with HIV (PLWH) have disproportionately benefitted from the expansion of health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act. This is also true of Black and Latino Americans. […] Mar 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Issue Brief: Insurance Coverage Changes for People with HIV Under the ACAA new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation reveals that, under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid expansion drove a nationwide increase in health coverage for people living with HIV. This analysis provides the first national estimates of changes in health coverage for people with HIV since the law was implemented. More importantly, as Congress moves to repeal […] Feb 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Resources for HIV and PrEP NavigatorsAIDSource, a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), has developed webpages with resources on HIV navigation and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) navigation. HIV navigators and PrEP navigators are people who help those in need obtain HIV- and PrEP-related medical and social services. As part of their work, HIV navigators and PrEP navigators link people […] Dec 23, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
2017 PrEP Coverage Guide for IllinoisThe AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) has prepared a report on the estimated monthly out-of-pocket cost a person can expect to pay for Truvada as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the state of Illinois. The report identifies various healthcare plans’ coverage of PrEP offered in Illinois’ health insurance marketplace. Premiums are shown as an example for a single […] Dec 14, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Disability Inclusion Resources: ACA Open Enrollment PeriodOpen enrollment for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) began November 1, 2016 at healthcare.gov. There are several resources, which can support local health departments and partner agencies to employ inclusive measures ensuring all community members, including individuals with disabilities are able to participate in the open enrollment period. The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities created a... Nov 17, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Health Literacy Month: Health Literacy as an Issue of Health EquityIn the last decade, health equity has increasingly become a critical concern in the field of public health. From the local to federal levels, there’s been a call for research, initiatives, and outreach that minimize health inequities and provide opportunities for all people to reach optimal health. Through these efforts, there’s been growing acknowledgement that […] Oct 31, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Fact Sheets: HIV and the Medicaid and Medicare ProgramsMedicaid, the nation’s public insurance program for low income individuals, and Medicare, the federal health insurance program for those 65 and older and people with disabilities, together cover about half of all people with HIV in care. Over time, spending on HIV care and the number of beneficiaries with HIV have increased, as people with […] Oct 17, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Issue Brief: Connections: From Health Informatics to Improved HIV OutcomesNASTAD (National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors) released a new Health Systems Integration resource, Connections: From Health Informatics to Improved HIV Outcomes. As part of NASTAD’s cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the issue brief provides governmental public health programs with a foundation for how to leverage health […] Sep 22, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
New York Health Center Increases PrEP Uptake by Transgender ClientsThe need to prevent HIV infections and improve the health of transgender men and women is urgent. Although there are very few data on trans men, it is estimated that, globally, trans women have an HIV prevalence of 19%—49 times higher than that of the general population. In high-income countries, the prevalence is estimated to […] Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
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