HIV prevention pill PrEP is now free under most insurance plans – but the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act puts this benefit at risk
- Written by Paul Shafer, Assistant Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University
The FDA approved the first PrEP drug, Truvada, in 2012.AP Photo/Jeff ChiuSince the start of the HIV epidemic in 1981, over 700,000 Americans have lost their lives to AIDS. Being infected used to be a death sentence. But now, 40 years later, the U.S. is on the precipice of eradicating HIV.
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