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National nonprofit working to help those living with HIV/AIDS and/or Viral Hepatitis receive access to care and treatment.
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Congress must reject #MFN proposals. They won’t do anything to lower the price we pay for prescription meds. Instead, insurers will raise premiums and cost-sharing amounts to recoup lost revenue. @HouseGOP @HouseDemocrats @SenateGOP @SenateDems buff.ly/tw7Ykhe
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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We applaud Chair @SenBillCassidy and #SenateHELPCommittee members for evaluating the #340B program during Thursday's hearing. To lower costs & ensure 340B is directly benefiting patients, @GOPHELP / @HELPCmteDems must improve transparency & pass bipartisan #PBM reform. Read more >> buff.ly/GHA3D4F
October 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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California's #AB144 includes provisions that divert critical funding from the HIV community. @CAGovernor, these are targeted dollars that cannot – and SHOULD NOT – be diverted for other purposes. Read more from CANN's President & CEO >> buff.ly/4wmxmdU #CALeg #ADAP
September 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Family HealthCare Network is identifying patients they’ve never treated to capture 340B savings on high-cost specialty meds and leaving their own patients locked in dark rooms for hours. @SenatorMenjivar, @AsmChrisRogers & Sen. @ShannonGroveCA, we need accountability. No on #AB1460. buff.ly/26oBmcG
July 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform report finds 742 rural hospitals at risk of closing. Urban hospitals receive higher insurance reimbursements while rural facilities struggle with lower Medicare/Medicaid payments. Proposed Medicaid cuts could force more closures. tjoe.co/evtgda
May 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform report finds 742 rural hospitals at risk of closing. Urban hospitals receive higher insurance reimbursements while rural facilities struggle with lower Medicare/Medicaid payments. Proposed Medicaid cuts could force more closures. tjoe.co/evtgda
May 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Today is National Fentanyl Awareness Day. Naloxone is available over the counter and can reverse a fentanyl overdose. Learn where to get it and how to use it at fentanylawarenessday.org. #NFAD2025
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April 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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NEW: The Trump administration's drug policy gives with one hand, takes with the other.
Our analysis shows how workforce cuts, Medicaid slashing, and inexperienced leadership undermine the policy's limited support for evidence-based approaches.

Read more: buff.ly/kSGtGG6

#DrugPolicy #HarmReduction
April 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Today is National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day #NYHAAD. With 1 in 5 new HIV diagnoses occurring in young people ages 13-24, investing in youth #HealthEd and services is critical. School-based programs that include HIV prevention, testing and care are needed nationwide. #WhatWorksInSchools
April 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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⚠️ ONE HOUR TO GO: Last chance to register for today's briefing on state drug "affordability" boards with @TIICANN, @AccessRare, and @ValueofCare.

12 PM ET | Google Meet | Starting in 60 minutes

Register now to receive the meeting link: bit.ly/CANNAprilPDAB

#DrugPricing #HealthcarePolicy
April 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Our joint statement with @adapadvocacy.bsky.social on @wsj.com reported funding cuts to #HIV Prevention programs...
JOINT STATEMENT On Reported HIV Prevention Funding Cuts March 19, 2025 Critical HIV Prevention Programs Facing Potential Elimination WASHINGTON, DC (March 19, 2025) - The ADAP Advocacy Association and the Community Access National Network (CANN) express deep concern regarding a recent Wall Street Journal report that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is considering significant cuts to domestic HIV prevention funding. According to the report, programs potentially facing reduction or elimination include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s PrEP initiative and other prevention efforts, potentially impacting the entire $1.3 billion CDC HIV Prevention Program. These reported considerations come at a critical time when prevention programs remain essential to our national HIV response. CDC data shows that while PrEP coverage has increased to approximately 36% of people who could benefit, significant racial and geographic disparities persist. The Southern region is disproportionately impacted by HIV, with states like Louisiana having the 6th highest rate of HIV diagnoses nationwide. If implemented, these cuts would directly contradict the goals established in President Trump's Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative, which aims to reduce new HIV infections by 90% by 2030. Prevention tools like PrEP, which can reduce HIV acquisition risk through sexual contact by approximately 99% when taken as prescribed, are essential components of this effort. These programs are critical to the nation's public health infrastructure and represent one of the most cost-effective investments in disease prevention, especially for Black and Hispanic populations who face systemic barriers to healthcare access. Jen Laws, CANN President & CEO, argued: "Prevention programs further support treatment programs with testing, screening activities, and linkage to care upon reactive tests. The economic impact of these programs can be measured in more jobs, more clinics, healthier families, and more productive employees. Conversely, cutting these programs and their associated funding will be measured in terms beyond economic loss. It would be measured in the human toll, the harm to our communities, untreated illness, late diagnoses, families torn apart, and lives lost." HIV prevention programs support activities across other programs meant to monitor, control, and prevent STI transmission, tuberculosis, and viral hepatitis, as well as aiding community responses to the opioid epidemic. In addition to the negative public health considerations of the proposed changes, states would also experience economic harm via job loss and potential clinic operations disruptions. The impact reaches beyond the CDC's line item of $1.3 billion, reducing drug rebates for these critical programs and supporting even more employment opportunities than might be imagined. Brandon M. Macsata, ADAP Advocacy Association CEO, added: "During his first term, President Trump was applauded for his Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative, announced in 2019 during a State of the Union address to Congress. The news that potential funding cuts to HIV prevention programs not only would undercut the EHE efforts but would also put thousands of people needlessly at risk for acquiring HIV. A preventable increase in new HIV infections would strain already stretched federal resources dedicated to providing medical care and treatment to the 1.1 million people in the United States already living with HIV." Both ADAP Advocacy and CANN advocate for continued and expanded funding for comprehensive HIV prevention services, which should remain a bipartisan public health priority. President Trump's own Ending the HIV Epidemic initiativ…
March 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM