AIDS Drug Assistance Programs
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AIDS Drug Assistance Programs are a set of programs in all 50-states in the United States
that provide Food and Drug Administration
-approved HIV
treatment drugs to low income patients in the U.S.
The programs are administered by each state with funds distributed by the United States government.
In June 2007 the program provided coverage for 102,000 or 30% of those infected with HIV in the United States. Drug expenditures were $100.1 million in 2007 and $8.8 million in money spent on helping with insurance payments. This represented 344,600 prescriptions.
The total program budget is $1.4 Billion with California receiving $288 Million, New York $241 Million, Texas $101 Million, and Florida $97 Million.
The program first began in 1987 with appropriations to help pay for AZT
. The program was expanded in 1990 with the Ryan White
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act (commonly referred to as the Ryan White Care Act
.
Most recipients are below 200% of the Federal Povery Level (FPL) and 43 percent are below 100% the FPL. 63% are black
or hispanic
and 77% are male.
In 2010, some states, citing budgetary reasons began cutbacks to the ADAP Formulary or instituted waiting lists for medication. A controversial dialogue began in states like Florida
as to how these cutbacks would affect lower income persons with HIV and whether the lack of funds should be blamed on the federal government
or the state legislatures.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
that provide Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drug Administration
The Food and Drug Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments...
-approved HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
treatment drugs to low income patients in the U.S.
The programs are administered by each state with funds distributed by the United States government.
In June 2007 the program provided coverage for 102,000 or 30% of those infected with HIV in the United States. Drug expenditures were $100.1 million in 2007 and $8.8 million in money spent on helping with insurance payments. This represented 344,600 prescriptions.
The total program budget is $1.4 Billion with California receiving $288 Million, New York $241 Million, Texas $101 Million, and Florida $97 Million.
The program first began in 1987 with appropriations to help pay for AZT
Zidovudine
Zidovudine or azidothymidine is a nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor , a type of antiretroviral drug used for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. It is an analog of thymidine....
. The program was expanded in 1990 with the Ryan White
Ryan White
Ryan Wayne White was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States, after being expelled from middle school because of his infection. A hemophiliac, he became infected with HIV from a contaminated blood treatment and, when diagnosed...
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act (commonly referred to as the Ryan White Care Act
Ryan White Care Act
The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act was an Act of the U.S. Congress named in honor of Ryan White, an Indiana teenager who contracted AIDS through a tainted hemophilia treatment in 1984, and was expelled from school because of the disease...
.
Most recipients are below 200% of the Federal Povery Level (FPL) and 43 percent are below 100% the FPL. 63% are black
Black
Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light...
or hispanic
Hispanic
Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...
and 77% are male.
In 2010, some states, citing budgetary reasons began cutbacks to the ADAP Formulary or instituted waiting lists for medication. A controversial dialogue began in states like Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
as to how these cutbacks would affect lower income persons with HIV and whether the lack of funds should be blamed on the federal government
Federal government of the United States
The federal government of the United States is the national government of the constitutional republic of fifty states that is the United States of America. The federal government comprises three distinct branches of government: a legislative, an executive and a judiciary. These branches and...
or the state legislatures.