HHS Announces $60 Million to Help Consumers Navigate Their Health Care Coverage Options in the Health Insurance Marketplace

Sylvia M. Burwell

The Affordable Care Act is working for millions of Americans who are able to access quality health coverage at a price they can afford, in large part because of the efforts of in-person assisters in local communities across the nation. People shopping for and enrolling in coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace can get local help in a number of ways, including through Navigators.

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BTAN to Meet Prior to USCA

Black Treatment Advocates Network in Los Angeles

On Wednesday, October 1st, the day before United States Conference on AIDS (USCA), The Black AIDS Institute will convene an all-day National Black Treatment Advocates Network (BTAN) meeting.

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In This Issue

We meet BTAN Los Angeles's Robin Banks, 29, who was diagnosed with HIV at the young age of 15 years old. She tells her story and how she came to raise awareness and end stigma in her community.

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'I Would Not Change My Experiences for the World': BTAN Los Angeles' Robin Barkins

Robin Barkins

I'm new to the Black Treatment Advocates Network (BTAN), having just received my training this past February. My mentor and various friends urged me to take the training, and I'm glad they did. Besides learning of the scientific developments and different medical trials, I was able to reconnect with friends from Cocaine Anonymous, and they saw how far I have come.

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