The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) submitted on March 27, 2013 comments to the Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) on the standards insurance plans must meet to be included on the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace.
The marketplace (also known as the exchange) will be an interactive website that will allow individuals and small businesses to purchase more affordable private health...
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Individuals with HIV/AIDS, as well as other vulnerable people, will have an easier time accessing health care in the coming months as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the national health reform law.
But linking them with coverage will be a challenge.
“Essentially, people just don’t know the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace is here,” quipped...
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A recent arrest under an antiquated Illinois HIV criminalization law challenges how media handle sensitive information when stigma and livelihood are at stake.
The facts of this case are limited:
The individual who filed the complaint was “a 24-year-old man,” according to a press release from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.
The alleged aggressor,...
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The phrase “patient-centered medical home” has become a buzz word in the field of healthcare, creating competing ideas about what it means.
Some providers assume that comprehensive medical services under one roof constitutes a patient-center medical home (PCMH), while others focus more on patients’ requests without the infrastructure to support this model of care....
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HIV/AIDS advocates from across the United States gathered in Washington D.C. this past February to partake in AIDSWatch 2013, the nation’s largest annual constituent-based federal advocacy event. Thanks to the Treatment Access Expansion Project and AIDS United, it was an invigorating two days. In total there were 200 legislative meetings and 170 attendees!
The AIDS Foundation...
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Leaders from Illinois Department of Public Health on March 11, 2013 provided an update on proposed FY 14 state funding for IDPH and the funding outlook for HIV programs.
Overall, the news was mixed. While state general revenue funding for HIV programs has declined significantly over the past three years, IDPH has obtained new sources of state funding, such as the Quality of Life Lottery...
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For disadvantaged people with HIV, the road to health and recovery can be a slow and difficult process. For those who persevere—aided by their own determination and accessible, available vital services—a better future awaits.
Consider the path of Carlos (not his real name). He suffered homelessness, drug addiction and alcoholism. To treat his mental and physical illnesses,...
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Passage of HB 61 will encourage HIV testing among teens at risk of HIV
ALCC media contact: Ricardo Cifuentes 312 427 8990
Ricardo@aidslegal.com
AFC media contact: Ramon Gardenhire, 301-379-3024
rgardenhire@aidschicago.org
The effort to repeal...
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State Must Reinvest Savings in HIV Prevention & Services to Link HIV-Positive People to Medical Care
SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Governor Pat Quinn released a proposed $35.6 billion state budget on March 6 that would reduce state HIV/AIDS funding by $4.27 million, or 16 percent.
“Thanks to President Obama, many people with HIV will gain new health insurance coverage...
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State Must Reinvest Savings in HIV Prevention & Services to Link HIV-Positive People to Medical Care
SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Governor Pat Quinn released a proposed $35.6 billion state budget on March 6 that would reduce state HIV/AIDS funding by $4.27 million, or 16 percent.
“Thanks to President Obama, many people with HIV will gain new health insurance coverage...
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