HIV/AIDS News Update: ADAPs across nation are running out of money
ADAPs across nation are running out of money
Many states are in trouble
AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) in more than a dozen states were starting waiting lists or expected to restrict antiretroviral drug access soon, according to an ADAP update in early October, 2009.
Nebraska's ADAP reported the largest waiting list with 70 people on the list, followed by Kentucky with 50 people, Montana with 24 people on the list, and fewer than 10 on the lists in Iowa, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
The number of people on ADAP waiting lists has more than doubled in less than a year.
Other ADAPs are being closely monitored for potential funding problems, including those in Arizona, California, and Arkansas, the ADAP update says.
Total enrollees in ADAPs increased by 7.8% in grant year 2008, according to a report by CANN-Community Access National Network of Washington, DC.
Economic pressures forcing ADAPs to initiate waiting lists, cap enrollment, make formulary changes, and to do other cost-containment measures include increasing enrollment, likely due to increasing numbers of HIV-infected people losing their jobs and health insurance, state budget cuts, and higher drug prices.
AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) in more than a dozen states were starting waiting lists or expected to restrict antiretroviral drug access soon, according to an ADAP update in early October, 2009.Subscribe Now for Access
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