ADAP Waiting Lists in 11 States; 10 Other States Taking Steps to Limit Coverage

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Thursday, April 21, 2005

ADAP Waiting Lists in 11 States; 10 Other States Taking Steps to Limit Coverage

Posted by Al Benson

Kaiser Familly Founation reports on this growing outrage of denial of medical care to people with AIDS.

627 People on ADAP Waiting Lists in 11 States; 10 Other States Taking Steps to Limit Coverage, Control Costs, Report Says:

Eleven states have implemented waiting lists for their AIDS Drug Assistance Programs, as funding for the programs “falls short,†and a total of 627 HIV-positive people were on those lists as of last month, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, Reuters reports. In addition, 10 other states have had to limit drug coverage under the program or make other cost-cutting measures, according to the report, titled “National ADAP Monitoring Project 2005 Annual Report" (Reuters, 4/20). ADAPs are federal- and state-funded programs that provide HIV/AIDS-related medications to low-income, uninsured and underinsured HIV-positive individuals (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 4/12). As of March, 11 states—Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming—had waiting lists, and 10 other states had implemented other measures, including three states that capped ADAP enrollment and four states that reduced or restricted ADAP drug formularies (Kaiser Family Foundation release, 4/20).

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