The Treatment Access Expansion Project (TAEP) is committed to bringing together advocates, consumers, health care providers and government leaders in support of early access to high-quality and affordable care and treatment for low-income people living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic medical conditions.
Analysis of Affordable Care Act Constitutional Challenges Before the U.S. Supreme Court
Click here to download the document detailing the strengths and weaknesses of the challenges before the Court.
TAEP Launches Series of Trainings and Resources at the U.S. Conference on AIDS
Click here to download Bridge to 2014 presentation
Click here to download Deficit Reduction presentation
Click here to download Update on Health Care Reform presentation
Click here to download Defending Medicaid at the State and Federal Level presentation
Integration, Expansion, and Innovation webinar:
Implementation of the Affordable Care Act is a cause for great hope, but also brings a great number of questions. Click on the link below to hear expert updates on Medicaid, access to insurance, Ryan White programs, FQHCs, new investments in care and prevention, and advocacy in this rapidly changing arena.
View the complete webinar here.
The slideshow presentation itself is available here.
State Medicaid 1115 Waiver Option to Expand HIV Care and Treatment Access:
As part of its pledge under the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released guidance and an application template to make it easier for states to apply for Section 1115 Medicaid waivers to cover pre-disabled people living with HIV. Right now (and until 2014 when health care reform expands Medicaid to most people up to 133% of the federal poverty level), most people living with HIV have to wait until they are disabled by AIDS to be eligible for MEdicaid. An 1115 waiver gives a state flexibility to immediately cover pre-disabled people living with HIV under its Medicaid program, and provides an important tool in addressing the current ADAP crisis.
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Click here for the June 6, 2011 CMS State Medicaid Director letter unveiling the waiver guidance
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Download a fact sheet on the impact of 1115 waivers on addressing the access to care crisis among people living with HIV
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Download a sample letter to your state Medicaid Director, AIDS Director, or legislator to tell them about the 1115 waiver option
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Download sample legislative tools for commissioning a state study of the 1115 waiver option
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View presentation slides from the 1115 waiver webinar here
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Studies documenting cost-effectiveness of early HIV intervention (.zip)
You can find out how to take action and stay engaged in the effort to increase access to early HIV care through Medicaid 1115 waivers at the 1115 waiver organizing page, which includes information on future trainings and actions. We look forward to keeping advocates updated over the coming weeks and months as new information and advocacy opportunities become available.
Securing access to health care before, through, and after health care reform implementation:
Securing Health Care for People with HIV and AIDS: An Advocate's Roadmap on Implementing Health Care Reform and Bridging Current and On-going Access to Care Gaps (November 2010)
Comments on the Internal Appeals and External Review regulation submitted on behalf of the HIV Health Care Access Working Group
HIV Health Care Access Working Group (HHCAWG) comments addressing concerns of the HIV/AIDS community regarding planning and establishment of state-level health insurance exchanges (October 2010)
High Risk Insurance Pools:
High risk pool fact sheet provides an overview of the high risk pool provision in the health care reform law as well as information on the eligibility criteria, cost-sharing provisions, and scope of coverage for the state and federally run pools.
High risk pool chart provides eligibility and provider network date for both the state and federally run high risk pools as well as links to helpful state and federal resources.