Tag: women
The ACA will help fight HIV among women & girls: Spread the word on Nat’l Women & Girls HIV Day!
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will transform access to health care for women and girls living with HIV or at risk of HIV. This year, consider using National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) on Sunday, March 10 to raise awareness in the community about the benefits of the ACA for women and girls. [...]
ELANA: low-income & uninsured with co-existing conditions
Age: 39 Elana is currently working part-time as a housekeeper, making about $200 per week. She doesn’t have any health insurance. When her last child turned 18, Elana lost her Medicaid eligibility. NOW Because Elana has no health insurance, she relies on a city clinic for her health care and ADAP for her HIV drugs. [...]
Women, HIV, and the ACA
Women’s unique health needs have not always been a part of the health care discussion, especially as they pertain to women living with and at risk for HIV. Will health care reform decrease health disparities for women? Women’s health advocates are working to ensure that it does! The 30 for 30 Campaign, AIDS United, The [...]
Affordable Care Act Priorities: Opportunities for Addressing the Critical Health Care Needs of Women Living with or at Risk for HIV
What will the Affordable Care Act (ACA) offer women with or at risk for HIV? The 30 for 30 Campaign in collaboration with the Harvard Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, released a major analysis of the ACA and its impact on women living with or at risk for HIV. The White Paper, “Affordable [...]
A day to celebrate: New health law feature protects women at risk for HIV!
Today is a great day for women’s health care! A portion of the Affordable Care Act goes into effect today that requires new health insurance plans to cover – with no additional co-pays or cost to consumers – eight women’s preventive health care services. These services include HIV screening and counseling, sexually transmitted infection (STI) counseling, [...]
Women with HIV & health care reform: Why the Affordable Care Act matters
The fierce ladies over at WORLD have have written a great piece that summarizes the reasons health care reform is important for women with HIV. Here’s a teaser: In January 2012, Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases (WORLD) and 16 other organizations led by Lambda Legal filed with the Supreme Court a friend-of-the-court brief [...]