America Living With AIDS

RECOMMENDATIONS
1. A comprehensive national HIV plan should be developed with the full participation of involved federal agencies and with input from national organizations representing various levels of government to identify priorities and resources necessary for preventing and treating HIV disease.
2. Universal health care coverage should be provided for all persons living in the
United States to ensure access to quality health care services.
3. The federal government should establish a comprehensive national HIV prevention initiative.
4. Government should assure access to a system of health care for all people with
HIV disease.
5. Medicaid should cover all low-income people with HIV disease.
6. States and/or the federal government should pay the COBRA premiums for lowincome people with HIV disease who have left their jobs and cannot afford to pay
the health insurance premium.
7. Medicaid payment rates for providers should be increased sufficiently to ensure
adequate participation in the Medicaid program.
8. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries who are disabled and
have HIV disease or another serious chronic health condition should have the
option of purchasing Medicare during the current two-year waiting period.
9. Congress and the Administration should work together to adequately raise the
Medicaid cap on funds directed to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to ensure
equal access to care and treatment.
10. Policies should be developed now to address future plans for the distribution of
AIDS vaccines and the ethical and liability issues that will arise when vaccines
become available.
11. The federal government should fund the Ryan White CARE Act at the fully
authorized level.