News 2014
How to Use Your New Marketplace Coverage
Editor's Note: Because of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 7.1 million Americans have signed up for quality, affordable, private health insurance through the Marketplaces and 3 million additional people have enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP. This means that many Americans at risk for or living with HIV/AIDS now have coverage and can start using it. We're sharing this blog post from HealthCare.gov to help you get started!
Early Drug Claims Suggest Exchange Plan Enrollees Are Sicker Than Average
Offering a first glimpse of the health care needs of Americans who bought coverage through federal and state marketplaces, an analysis of the first two months of claims data shows the new enrollees are more likely to use expensive specialty drugs to treat conditions like HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C than those with job-based insurance.
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In This Issue
Last month Kiesha Johnson won a round-trip flight to Australia as one of the early-bird winners of the Drive Out AIDS, Win a New Car raffle, whose final drawing for a 2014 Kia Forte donated by CarPros Kia of Carson, CA, will be held at the Heroes in the Struggle Gala on May 20th in Los Angeles. In this issue Kiesha tells us about her good fortune.
'Drive Out AIDS' Raffle Series: Kiesha Johnson Wins Round-Trip Flight to Australia
As one of the early-bird prize winners for the Drive Out AIDS, Win a New Car raffle series, New Jersey resident Kiesha Johnson won a round-trip flight to Melbourne, Australia, for the International AIDS Conference. Johnson connected with The Black AIDS Institute at the 2013 United States Conference on AIDS in New Orleans, where the Institute entered participants who had completed at least 10 activities—such as preconference, roundtables, seminars, workshops and booth visits—into the Roadmap Challenge raffle. We asked Kiesha a few questions about her experience.
Read more: 'Drive Out AIDS' Raffle Series: Kiesha Johnson Wins Round-Trip Flight to Australia
Time to Focus the HIV Battle in Hard-Hit Streets
In U.S. cities, it's not just what you do but also your address that can determine whether you will get HIV and whether you will survive. A new paper in the American Journal of Public Health illustrates this geographic disparity—which tracks closely with race and poverty—and calls for an increase in geographically targeted prevention and treatment efforts.