Latest ruling against Affordable Care Act could lead to thousands of new HIV infections per year
Taking PrEP lowers a person’s chances of getting HIV from sex by up to 99 percent. Users can take it one of three ways: as a daily pill, a bimonthly shot, or “on demand” 2 to 24 hours before having sex. Most insurance plans cover PrEP — including Medicaid, according toPublic health research has concluded that the drug has decreased new HIV infections by a “statistically significant” margin.
, the plaintiffs are “asserting both economic harm for having to pay more money for a health plan that includes services they do not want or need, and religious harm for having to include services they object to.”, Paltiel tried to estimate how the possible outcome of the case could affect men who have sex with men, who often request PrEP prescriptions. Paltiel has done previous modeling on how well PrEP works and how many people use it.
Based on estimates that 28 percent of men who have sex with men are eligible for PrEP, Paltiel said he and his colleagues estimated that nearly 2,000 new HIV cases could come from restricted insurance coverage. “Not to mention all the other risk groups, like transgender women, injection drug users and all sorts of other people, but just among men who have sex with men, just in the coming year — 2,000 new infections that could be completely attributed to this decision.
“It’s not a cure for HIV infection, but it’s as close to, let’s call it a chemical vaccine,” Paltiel said. “And it’s incredibly cost effective, too.”
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