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Sign on today-letter supporting lower costs for Medicare drugs
Deadline Wed., June 26, 2013 This sign-on letter has been sent on behalf of the HIV Medicine Association and the Treatment Expansion Project: The Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (S 117) — a bill introduced by Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), would allow for the negotiation of drug prices for Medicare Part D – as [...]
New HIVMA Resource – What you need to know to join Marketplaces as an Essential Community Provider
The HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) just released this week a glossary of health reform terms and most importantly, tips for Ryan White Program providers to become Essential Community Providers in the marketplaces. Here’s HIVMA’s overview: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires Marketplace (or Exchange) plans to contract with some Essential Community Providers [...]
HIV Health Reform news from Illinois
New Report: Immigrant Access to Health Care Reform Programs in Illinois
Our partners at Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) released in early May a report on immigrant access to health care. The report focuses on barriers to enrollment for both legal and undocumented immigrants in Illinois, and highlights a successful program: This report addresses the challenges of Affordable Care Act implementation in Illinois. [...]
Illinois Affordable Care Act Fact Sheets Available On Make Medicare Work Website
The fantastic team at the Illinois-based Make Medicare Work (MMW) Coalition has released a new set of seven tip sheets to help consumers understand how the ACA helps them. The tip sheets are on the following topics: • The ACA and Closing the Medicare Part D Donut Hole (MS Word doc) • The ACA and [...]
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