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States roll back HIV drug access as federal funds stagnate |
With more than a decade of unchanged federal aid for HIV medication, states are beginning to make hard decisions on how they administer their programs helping HIV-positive individuals access the medications they need. |
More than 20 states are actively reducing or considering cutting back on their funding of programs helping people access HIV medications, as federal funding fails to keep up with the costs, according to a new report from the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD). The report found that 17 states and Washington, D.C., are actively enacting measures to constrain the costs of their AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAP). An additional five are considering similar measures that these states are using, including lowering financial eligibility, bringing back waitlists or reducing their drug formularies, which dictate which drugs they cover. "Federal funding for ADAPs has remained relatively unchanged over the last decade, while client enrollment and healthcare costs, including prescription drug, insurance premium, and cost-sharing expenditures, have continued to increase," said NASTAD's report. KFF noted that more than a decade of stagnant appropriations from Congress — set at $900.3 million since fiscal year 2014 — has effectively resulted in ADAPs having the same purchasing power as they did in 1999 due to inflation. "ADAPs may increasingly face budget pressures that could lead to additional such measures in the future. This could leave growing numbers of people with HIV ineligible for safety-net services, particularly if states further lower income eligibility limits or institute waiting lists," KFF's analysis read. |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday sent 30 telehealth companies warning letters about their “illegal” sales of compounded GLP-1s, building off increasing pressure to tamp down on the sale of these unapproved medications. According to the FDA, the companies they contacted made “false or misleading claims” about the GLP-1 products they sold on their websites, including implying “sameness … |
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The rate of colorectal cancer is increasing among younger Americans and is now the leading cause of cancer deaths in adults under the age of 50, according to research published by the American Cancer Society on Monday. Researchers found that 45 percent of new colorectal cancer diagnoses are occurring in individuals younger than 65, a 27 percent increase from 1995. Meanwhile, rates among older adults have declined over the past … |
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Minnesota on Monday sued the Trump administration for withholding hundreds of millions in Medicaid funds to the state, alleging it is a “political punishment” that will only serve to harm the more than 1 million Minnesotans who are enrolled in the program. Last week, Vice President Vance and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz announced a six-month moratorium on $259 million in Medicaid … |
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced aggressive lines of questioning from members of both sides of the aisle in a long-awaited hearing that fell amid growing scrutiny of the secretary's handling of the department.
Noem received a chilly reception at the Senate Judiciary Committee, even from some of the committee's GOP members, with Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) unleashing a 10-minute tirade he described as a performance review and Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) questioning a $220 million ad campaign he said "boosted your name recognition." |
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Local and state headlines on health care: |
- New Mexico health department reports more measles cases among inmates at more detention facilities (Source New Mexico)
- Pockets of unvaccinated communities are driving measles outbreaks in California (CalMatters)
- Pennie: Nearly 20,000 dropped health coverage in Pennsylvania in February alone (FOX56)
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Health news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- A new one-a-day-pill holds promise for HIV's 'forgotten population' (NPR)
- MAHA goes global: Inside the rise of the Make Europe Healthy Again movement (Stat)
- Even patients are shocked by the prices their insurers will pay — and it costs all of us (KFF Health News)
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