News 2012
Medicare Policies Continue To Claim Campaign Trail Attention
The presidential and vice presidential candidates compare and contrast their plans, and some fact checkers set to work on sorting out what they are saying.
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Common Application for HIV Patient Assistance Program Expedites Application Process for Lifesaving Drugs
The Common Patient Assistance Program Application (CPAPA), announced by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at the International AIDS Conference in July, went into effect today. This single common application allows uninsured individuals living with HIV to use one application to apply for multiple assistance programs that together provide an entire course of antiretroviral therapy.
Reaching HIV Care Linkage Goal Would Be Cost-Effective in USA
Improving linkage to care after HIV diagnosis from 65% to 85% in the United States would prolong life and be cost-effective, according to assumptions in a cost-effectiveness analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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NIH Research on HIV and Aging
As a result of the global response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, particularly the successful use and scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART), the spectrum of HIV disease has dramatically changed in the last several years.
Urgent Care Centers Are Booming, Which Worries Some Doctors
When Emily Auerswald and her children need care for minor illnesses or injuries, they head to a shopping center near Annapolis, Md. that has a Starbucks, a Five Guys hamburger joint and an urgent care center.
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