HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute
@HIVHep
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Led by Carl Schmid, promotes quality & affordable healthcare for people living w/ or at risk of HIV, hepatitis, or other serious and chronic health conditions
Washington, DC
Joined December 2019
A handful of vertically integrated PBMs now control prescription drug access for most Americans. This level of consolidation demands oversight. The Senate Finance Committee hearing on Nov. 19 is an important step. #PBMReform @RonWyden @MikeCrapo
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PBM-affiliated pharmacies have marked up some so-called specialty generics by more than 1,000 percent. @SenateFinance / @SenFinance must address how these middleman #PBMs raise drug costs and reduce access. #PBMreform @RonWyden @MikeCrapo
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While we wait for Congress to rein in the #PBMs, these middlemen cook up new schemes to game the system. We cannot delay meaningful #PBMreform any longer. Congress must act now.
eric.org
Washington, D.C., November 12, 2025– The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and more than 100 stakeholder groups representing employers, workers, patients, providers, consumers, industry stakeholders,...
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.@Delta Failing Their Employees by Restricting Access to PrEP Drugs--Clear Violation of ACA Preventive Services Requirement: https://t.co/KxAqxfcAMr
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The government has reopened, but Congress must protect HIV funding for 2026
thehill.com
Congress’s bipartisan agreement to end the government shutdown restores operations across the federal government, but keeps major health programs, including the nation’s HIV response, o…
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𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬? A powerful @CNBC exposé reveals how shady alternative funding programs (#AFPs) are skirting FDA regulations and guidance by using "unverified suppliers" and "potentially
cnbc.com
AFPs promise to connect patients with more-affordable options for accessing specialty medications that often come at very high costs. There's a major catch.
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Thank you CNBC for exposing these schemes: Cheaper medicines, free beach trips: U.S. health plans tap prescriptions that feds say are illegal
cnbc.com
AFPs promise to connect patients with more-affordable options for accessing specialty medications that often come at very high costs. There's a major catch.
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.@Delta Failing Their Employees by Restricting Access to PrEP Drugs--Clear Violation of ACA Preventive Services Requirement: https://t.co/KxAqxfcAMr
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.@SecretaryLCD must issue a long-promised rule that would end drug middlemen scheme that allows them to classify drugs as "non-Essential Health Benefits" to extract billions of dollars of copay assistance meant for patients for themselves: https://t.co/lCELoJwt2B
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.@Delta Failing Their Employees by Restricting Access to PrEP Drugs--Clear Violation of ACA Preventive Services Requirement: https://t.co/KxAqxfcAMr
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.@Delta Failing Their Employees by Restricting Access to PrEP Drugs--Clear Violation of ACA Preventive Services Requirement: https://t.co/KxAqxfcAMr
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.@HIVHep & 63 other #HIV groups wrote to @CVSHealth to urge them to reconsider their decision not to cover @CDCgov recommended new twice-yearly #PrEP injectable Yeztugo. Zero-cost PrEP coverage is both required by law & a public health imperative: https://t.co/rx5zGjrMwN
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.@Delta Failing Their Employees by Restricting Access to PrEP Drugs--Clear Violation of ACA Preventive Services Requirement: https://t.co/KxAqxfcAMr
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Two Years After Court Victory, Patients Still Saddled with Unaffordable Drug Costs--Government Must Clarify Copay Assistance Counts Towards Patient Cost-Sharing : https://t.co/beXsufKy2Z
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Delta Failing Their Employees by Restricting Access to PrEP Drugs--Clear Violation of ACA Preventive Services Requirement: https://t.co/KxAqxfcAMr
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House Republicans Go Way Beyond President’s Budget by Ending all HIV Prevention & Slash AIDS Care by 20%—Hepatitis Prevention Increased by $10 million: https://t.co/vscaERqA7g
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In @Benefits_Pro, @HIVHep urges @SecretaryLCD to stop drug middlemen profiting by classifying #Rx as "non-Essential Health Benefits" to extract billions of dollars of #copayassistance meant for #patients for themselves: https://t.co/hwk874z2Wb
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We filed an amicus brief in support of Iowa’s law that requires #copayassistance to count for #Rx’s in #ACA & employer plans. #PBMs contend it is unlawful under ERISA; we explain to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals why it is not: https://t.co/m7Ls5OCxPz
#allcopayscount
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