Lose ADAP = Lose Lives

Hi there

Here are the latest numbers on the crisis with AIDS Drug Assistance Program. As of yesterday, there are now 2090 people on waiting lists for assistance to get their life-sustaining meds. We all need to speak out to our representatives in DC and stop this insanity. Call and email your elected leaders in the Senate and the House now and demand action to save lives, not cut costs.

ADAPs with Waiting Lists (2,090 individuals, as of July 1, 2010)

Florida: 523 individuals Hawaii: 10 individuals Idaho: 26 individuals Iowa: 97 individuals Kentucky: 198 individuals Louisiana: 112 individuals* Montana: 20 individuals North Carolina: 783 individuals South Carolina: 187 individuals South Dakota: 22 individuals Utah: 112 individuals

ADAPs with Other Cost-containment Strategies (instituted since April 1, 2009)

Arizona: reduced formulary Arkansas: reduced formulary, lowered financial eligibility to 200% of FPL Colorado: reduced formulary Georgia: waiting list as of July 1, 2010 Illinois: reduced formulary Iowa: reduced formulary Kentucky: reduced formulary Louisiana: capped enrollment, discontinued reimbursement of laboratory assays Missouri: reduced formulary North Carolina: reduced formulary North Dakota: capped enrollment, cap on Fuzeon, lowered financial eligibility to 300% FPL Utah: reduced formulary, lowered financial eligibility to 250% FPL Washington: client cost sharing, reduced formulary (for uninsured clients only)

ADAPs Considering New/Additional Cost-containment Measures (before March 31, 2011**)

Arizona: waiting list California: proposed elimination of ADAP services in city and county jails Florida: reduced formulary, lowered financial eligibility Illinois: reduced formulary, lowered financial eligibility, monthly expenditure cap Ohio: reduced formulary, lowered financial eligibility, capped enrollment, client cost sharing, annual and monthly expenditure caps Oregon: reduced formulary, client cost sharing, annual expenditure cap Wyoming: reduced formulary

*Louisiana has a capped enrollment on their program. This number is a representation of their current unmet need. **March 31, 2011 is the end of ADAP FY2010. ADAP fiscal years begin April 1 and end March 31.

thank you

Kelly Rivera Hart