National nonprofit working to help those living with HIV/AIDS and/or Viral Hepatitis receive access to care and treatment.
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4 million people illegally bought drugs abroad not because they chose a riskier supply chain — because payers engineered their coverage to shift costs onto patients. Closing the border solves nothing if that stays untouched. link.tiicann.org/0tdziut #PBMReform
ALT A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Field Operations officer wearing black gloves inspects prescription medication bottles and blister packs removed from an open shipping box on an inspection table, with a CBP seal and sign visible in the background.
Helen Branswell, STAT’s longtime infectious diseases reporter, has died at 69. For a decade she made the science of outbreaks accessible and timely for readers who needed it - clinicians, advocates, and patients alike. A real loss. Our thoughts are with those closest to her.
Insurers posted billions in Q2 2026 profits while six are exiting ACA Marketplaces and leaving 650,000 people to find new plans. For people with HIV or hep C, losing coverage means losing treatment. Three shocks, one gap. link.tiicann.org/dyd808q
ALT Close-up of a computer screen displaying the UnitedHealthcare website, showing the company logo and navigation options including Medicare and Individual and family insurance plans.
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Could a public health strategy reduce medical debt? Los Angeles County to pioneer a system to screen hospital patients for financial aid.
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Community health centers served 32.7 million patients in 2025, with 9 in 10 patients living in low-income households.
Medicaid was the largest payer, covering nearly half of health center patients and accounting for 46% of total health center revenue. on.kff.org/3ZdWYfG
ALT The KFF bar chart titled "Health Centers Saw Increases in Patients Across Age Groups Since 2021" displays the number of patients in millions for the years 2021 to 2025. Each year is divided into three age groups: 0-17, 18-64, and 65 and older. The total patients increase each year, with 2021 showing 30.3 million, and 2025 showing 32.7 million.
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“The very fact that one company controls so much of America’s healthcare is what makes it so infuriating when you see just how bad people’s experiences with it can be.”
More on #UnitedHealth from @LastWeekTonight: theguardian.com/tv-and-radio…
CDC's 2024 HIV data is the last clean look before H.R. 1 reshaped coverage, and the survey that produces it may have lost a full year of data next cycle. link.tiicann.org/j3cq7l0 #HIVPolicy
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This week on Capitol Hill, 340B Policy Director @kalvin_pugh joined esteemed panelists from @blkwomenshealth, Choose Healthy Life, @OLHAAdvocacy, and @NatUrbanLeague to discuss #340B reform, including patient and community perspectives on access, transparency, and accountability.
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During #ALC55, BWHI’s Dr. Ifeoma Udoh, EVP of Policy, Advocacy and Science, joined congressional leaders, cancer experts, advocates, and innovators for an important conversation on advancing equity in cancer care.
#BWHI #ALC55 #CancerCare #CancerEquity #BlackWomensHealth
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Early results show people losing coverage due to early implementation of a Medicaid work requirement in Nebraska, with signs that they're being caught up in administrative barriers.
Among new Medicaid applicants subject to Nebraska's work requirements, 86% met the requirements or qualified for an exemption — while 14% were denied.
More data and early insights on Nebraska’s Medicaid work requirements in our new policy watch: on.kff.org/4htUy5i
ALT Chart shows Nebraska application outcomes among individuals subject to Medicaid work requirements. Among new Medicaid applicants subject to Nebraska's work requirements, 86% met the requirements or qualified for an exemption — while 14% were denied.
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In the face of an unexpected HIV diagnosis, Moisés Agosto Rosario persevered and fought for others like himself.
Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/smhjFv6azoc #HispanicHeritageMonth
Vertical Integration-maxxing: UnitedHealth Group was recently under scrutiny by @iamjohnoliver in @LastWeekTonight, thanks to the Sunlight Report's findings on “the nearly 2,700 acquisitions and internally created subsidiaries that make up UnitedHealth Group, the largest health care conglomerate in the world.”
Read more via Sunlight Report, courtesy of @cforhd >> sunlightreportinsurance.com/…
Community is a standard of conduct, not a talking point. A CANN team member's uninsured friend had a massive stroke. The org stepped up — and the story says everything about why reform matters. link.tiicann.org/yjjiwej #HealthEquity
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Next week I’m THRILLED to being joining @womens_black Choose Healthy Life, @OLHAAdvocacy and @NatUrbanLeague on Capitol Hill to discuss restoring the promise of #340b
Over the past year, #HIV funding cuts have threatened the progress that PEPFAR (The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) helped create in 2003.
Now, "at least 1,714 HIV service sites around the world, including public health facilities, mobile clinics, drop-in centers, and specialized HIV facilities, closed entirely after terminated or delayed PEPFAR payments. Almost no organizations were able to replace lost funding from other sources."
Read more via @amfAR >> tinyurl.com/mvn5ekvv
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We recently commissioned a poll finding that a large majority of Californians want large scale health insurance reform, including holding conglomerates accountable for the role they play in rising costs, especially through vertical integration. The spillover effects on the #340B program are front and center as well, with 91% of voters agreeing the program needs accountability and transparency.
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Things @TIICANN has been talking about for years. PE owned hospitals seek to convert to non-profits *because* of 340B. ->
A private equity owned hospital chain is converting to a nonprofit. On its face, it sounds like a good deal.
But who actually benefits? Quorum's hospitals will get loaded with 30% more debt while Quorum's lenders are almost made whole.
tinyurl.com/msa85h9b via @statnews
Per @abettel at Axios: the Labor Dept says it will enforce mental health parity, targeting the network and prior-auth gaps that keep behavioral and SUD coverage below physical health.
Right direction. The test: does December's rule reach network adequacy and reimbursement with teeth, or is it parity on paper?
Coverage is only half the access problem. The other half is a system that defaults to enforcement over treatment, and parity covers SUD care too.
Exhibit A, via @KFFHealthNews, @aneripattani and @thecurrentlaf: Louisiana routed 20% of its opioid settlement to sheriffs, who spent it on Flock cams and other inappropriate equipment.
The through-line is we know what works: network adequacy, trauma-informed care, treatment over cages. We keep choosing to put it out of reach.
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