HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute

Led by Carl Schmid, promotes quality & affordable healthcare for people living w/ or at risk of HIV, hepatitis, or other serious and chronic health conditions

[HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute @HIVHep]

CMS Fails to Exempt People Living with HIV from Medicaid Work Requirements—Decision Ignores the Law & Requires People to be Impaired: https://t.co/ZKwFQqr44d

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.@HIVHep submitted a formal complaint to @MSInsuranceDept re @BCBSMississippi plans that cover only generic #PrEP & classify all long-acting HIV medications as “medically unnecessary” in violation of federal requirements: https://t.co/euurjbUVbI

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HHS Approps Bill Advances, Full Committee Markup Expected Tuesday | https://t.co/mpr75HidAd https://t.co/FZnTVco6ve

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#PBMs & #insurers pocketed $7B in #copayassistance meant for #patients last year. Read more about how the “Essential Health Benefits” loophole lets insurers and PBMs profit while patients pay more—and why the Trump admin must act. More in @washtimes: https://t.co/6O0pB8VlhZ

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Insurance Middlemen Are Driving Up Healthcare Costs. #Patients are being denied, delayed, and overcharged while #insurers and #PBMs profit. Patients deserve timely access to the medicines their doctors prescribe. Read our oped in the @dcexaminer and follow @hivhep for more info: https://t.co/CUOfJRwG3e

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We sent a letter thanking @Marie4Senate @nnamdi4staterep for sponsoring Delaware HB200 to ensure #patients can access #PrEP w/o cost or access barriers & urging that the bill clarify that people can access all PrEP #Rx and services: https://t.co/4ZR06WpeHZ

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House Republicans Propose $1 Billion in Cuts to Domestic HIV Programs—Prevention Basically Eliminated; Treatment Cut by 9 Percent: https://t.co/Pz274NtF7h

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CMS Fails to Exempt People Living with HIV from Medicaid Work Requirements—Decision Ignores the Law & Requires People to be Impaired: https://t.co/ZKwFQqr44d

[HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute @HIVHep]

Insurance Middlemen Are Driving Up Healthcare Costs. #Patients are being denied, delayed, and overcharged while #insurers and #PBMs profit. Patients deserve timely access to the medicines their doctors prescribe. Read our oped in the @dcexaminer and follow @hivhep for more info: https://t.co/CUOfJRwG3e

[HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute @HIVHep]

We strongly support MI SB914, sponsored by @stephanielily, to ensure #allcopayscount toward out-of-pocket costs for #Rx. By passing this bill, MI will join 26 states, DC, & Puerto Rico in protecting #patients from harmful #insurer practices: https://t.co/8E69eErGvU

[HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute @HIVHep]

Insurance Middlemen Are Driving Up Healthcare Costs. #Patients are being denied, delayed, and overcharged while #insurers and #PBMs profit. Patients deserve timely access to the medicines their doctors prescribe. Read our oped in the @dcexaminer and follow @hivhep for more info: https://t.co/CUOfJRxdSM

[HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute @HIVHep]

Trump’s Medicaid Work Mandate Debuting in Nebraska to Much Dismay--“Several advocacy groups asked the state to exempt enrollees w/specific conditions, including the @AmDiabetesAssn, @HIVHep, & @nbd_foundation. Losing coverage, the groups said, would mean losing access to #Rx that keep people healthy and out of the hospital”: https://t.co/YuTPCk13AX

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5 takeaways on Trump’s divisive Medicaid work requirements--“This added requirement was not in the law and puts the health of people living with HIV and viral hepatitis at risk,” said Carl Schmid, executive director of @HIVHep. https://t.co/uJm4UPqieY

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Industry groups say final Medicaid work requirements rule imposes onerous documentation burden--"Carl Schmid, executive director at @HIVHep, dinged the rule for not exempting individuals with HIV from the work requirements and warned that people with the condition 'cannot stay healthy without continuous access to lifesaving HIV treatment'": https://t.co/9H6eLvzmkM

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Trump administration puts out strict Medicaid work rules: https://t.co/yKrn1mt6Oo

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Health Groups Unhappy With Medicaid Work Requirement Interim Rule https://t.co/D7b4APww3F

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CMS Fails to Exempt People Living with HIV from Medicaid Work Requirements—Decision Ignores the Law & Requires People to be Impaired: https://t.co/ZKwFQqr44d

[HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute @HIVHep]

CMS Fails to Exempt People Living with HIV from Medicaid Work Requirements—Decision Ignores the Law & Requires People to be Impaired: https://t.co/ZKwFQqr44d