Researchers at Georgetown University Report Findings in HIV/AIDS (The Affordable Care Act in the United States and HIV Disease: Past, Present, and…

Researchers at Georgetown University Report Findings in HIV/AIDS (The Affordable Care Act in the United States and HIV Disease: Past, Present, and Future)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- A new study on Immune System Diseases and Conditions - HIV/AIDS is now available. According to news reporting originating from Washington, District of Columbia, by VerticalNews editors, the research stated, "From its beginning, the AIDS epidemic crystallized some of the major flaws of the American health care system. Most private health insurance was associated with employment, and job loss meant insurance loss."

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Georgetown University, "Private insurers refused new coverage for people with HIV infection. Medicaid, an important program for uninsured people with low income, was limited to only those in certain categories (eg, pregnant women or children), and although people who had progressed to AIDS were categorized as eligible (ie, 'disabled'), those with early stage HIV disease were not. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a landmark change in health care law in general and for people with HIV infection in particular. Its provisions offer dramatic improvements in health coverage, although a Supreme Court ruling that limited the expansion of Medicaid poses ongoing problems in some states. This article summarizes a presentation by Timothy M."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Westmoreland, JD, at the IAS-USA continuing education program, Improving the Management of HIV Disease, held in Washington, DC, in May."

For more information on this research see: The Affordable Care Act in the United States and HIV Disease: Past, Present, and Future. Topics In Antiviral Medicine, 2016;24(2):98-102.

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting T.M. Westmoreland, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, United States.

Keywords for this news article include: HIV/AIDS, Medicaid, Washington, RNA Viruses, Epidemiology, Legal Issues, Retroviridae, United States, Health Policy, Vertebrate Viruses, District of Columbia, Primate Lentiviruses, North and Central America, Immune System Diseases and Conditions, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Conditions.

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