Georgia Among States Cutting AIDS Drug Assistance

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