Officials from the Cleveland Department of Public Health and the Cuyahoga County Board of Health are meeting with stakeholders to devise strategies to ensure individuals living with HIV can still access their medications regardless of future cuts to Medicaid.
The first meeting took place April 29 with the AIDS Funding Collaborative, a coalition of funders addressing HIV/AIDS, HIV activists, government officials, agency staff, academics and those living with the virus in response to concerns about future Medicaid cuts.
Medicaid is the primary source of health insurance for people living with HIV, providing coverage to 40% of the community, said Martha Halko, director of population health at the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. There are approximately 6,000 people living with HIV in Cuyahoga County, according to the Center for Community Solutions…