In This Issue

If we want to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic, we must fully implement the Affordable Care Act. In this issue we tell you why AIDS activists and PLWHA must fight both for Medicaid Expansion and robust Essential Health Benefit packages.

Recently the president of the American Medical Association, Ardis Dee Hoven, taped an interview about how that organization is helping the Obama administration implement the ACA. Kaiser Health News keeps us in the know. And from our friends at AIDS.gov, Dr. Carl Dieffenbach continues his reports on key highlights from the 7^th International AIDS Society Conference.

A new study has found that implementing test-and-treat among Los Angeles MSM would prevent new infections and save lives, but double the rate of multi-drug-resistant virus. And new guidelines from the World Health Organization reset the threshold for starting HIV meds upward from a CD4 count of 350 to a CD4 count of 500.

Yours in the struggle,

Raniyah Copeland