Current and (Potential) Future Effects of the Affordable Care Act on HIV Prevention

@article{Viall2016CurrentA,
  title={Current and (Potential) Future Effects of the Affordable Care Act on HIV Prevention},
  author={Abigail H Viall and Eugene McCray and Jonathan Mermin and Pascale M. Wortley},
  journal={Current HIV/AIDS Reports},
  year={2016},
  volume={13},
  pages={95-106}
}
Recent advances in science, program, and policy could better position the nation to achieve its vision of the USA as a place where new HIV infections are rare. Among these developments, passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 may prove particularly important, as the health system transformations it has launched offer a supportive foundation for realizing the potential of other advances, both within and beyond the clinical arena. This article summarizes… 
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Effect of Medicaid Expansions on HIV Diagnoses and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Use.
The Impact of ACA and Medicaid Expansion on Progress Toward UNAIDS 90-90-90 Goals
TLDR
While the ACA is associated with some progress toward 90-90-90 goals, more years of data after policy implementation are needed for robust analysis and to minimize bias from unmeasured confounders.
HIV Serostatus Disclosure and Engagement in Medical Care Among Predominantly Low Income but Insured African American Adults with HIV
TLDR
Participants who disclosed their HIV status were subsequently more likely to engage in HIV medical care than persons who did not disclose their status, an effect that was confirmed in multiple logistic regression.
Presidential Elections and HIV-Related National Policies and Programs
TLDR
This editorial highlights important HIV-related goals to which people living with HIV must recommit ourselves, and underscores several key points about evidence-based advocacy that are important to revisit at any time (but most especially when there is a change in Administration).
Aspects of Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Personalized Health Wellness
TLDR
Advances in technologies, such as smartphone-based operation, paper-based sensing assays, and lab-on-a-chip (LOC) which made POC more sensitive, informative, and suitable for major infectious disease diagnosis, are the main focus here.
Assessment of recent HIV testing among older adults in the United States
TLDR
Providing economically disadvantaged older adults’ eligibility for public insurance that will likely improve access to HIV testing services and increase HIV testing rates is likely to be improved.

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