States Cutting Costs By Wait-Listing HIV/AIDS Patients Needing Lifesaving Drugs



May 24, 2011
by Marcy Bonebright, Staff Writer

Advocacy groups are outraged by some States’ recent efforts to scale back funds for AIDS drug assistance programs (ADAPs).

The Washington Post reported a record 8,300 people are now on waiting lists to receive antiretrovirals and other drugs used to treat HIV and AIDS.

“States that have changed their eligibility programs or don’t have a waiting list, or some States have disenrolled their patients, that’s a kind of silent crisis, I think,â€