States with waiting lists for their AIDS Drug Assistance Programs, as of Dec. 9:
— Arkansas: 5 people
— Florida: 2,396
— Georgia: 837
— Montana: 14
— North Carolina: 84
— Ohio: 374
— South Carolina: 298
— Virginia: 24
— Louisiana: 511
States that have cut their AIDS Drug Assistance Programs in other ways, as of Sept. 29.:
— Arizona: reduced drugs covered
— Arkansas: reduced drugs covered, lowered financial eligibility
— Colorado: reduced drugs covered
— Florida: reduced drugs covered
— Georgia: reduced drugs covered, implemented medical criteria
— Idaho: capped enrollment
— Illinois: reduced drugs covered, instituted monthly cap on expenditures
— Kentucky: reduced drugs covered
— Louisiana: discontinued reimbursement of some tests
— New Jersey: reduced drugs covered
— North Carolina: reduced drugs covered
— North Dakota: capped enrollment, instituted annual expenditure cap, lowered financial eligibility
— Ohio: reduced drugs covered, lowered financial eligibility
— South Carolina: instituted annual expenditure cap, lowered financial eligibility
— Utah: reduced drugs covered, lowered financial eligibility
— Virginia: reduced drugs covered
— Washington: instituted cost sharing with patients, reduced drugs covered (for uninsured patients only)
— Wyoming: capped enrollment, reduced drugs covered
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Source: National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors
