The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program in the age of health care reform

S.R. Cahill, K.H. Mayer and S.L. Boswell

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 6, 1078-1085

Abstract: Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, thousands of people living with HIV who have received Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program-funded care are now eligible for Medicaid or subsidized insurance. The protection against insurance discrimination on the basis of preexisting conditions is increasing health care access for many, but this does not mean that the Ryan White Program is no longer needed. Services essential to improving outcomes on the continuum of HIV care are not supported by any other source. Because of the growing number of people living with HIV, we must increase funding for the Ryan White Program and increase the number of HIV care providers. © 2015, American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: economics; financial management; health care delivery; health care policy; health insurance; health service; HIV Infections; human; legislation and jurisprudence; medicaid; United States, Delivery of Health Care; Financing, Government; Health Care Reform; Health Services Accessibility; Health Services Needs and Demand; HIV Infections; Humans; Insurance, Health; Medicaid; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302442

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