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Expanding medicaid coverage for early treatment of HIV-positive persons and implications for poverty reduction / Gabriel Tourek

This paper offers Medicaid assistance for early HIV/AIDS treatment as a case study in reform of the status quo administration of Federal and state health systems and undertakes to provide a compelling case for early care to lowincome individuals with health needs. Since the outbreak of HIV/AIDS in...

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Main Author: Tourek, Gabriel
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2011
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spelling my.uitm.ir.308732020-06-03T03:58:51Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30873/ Expanding medicaid coverage for early treatment of HIV-positive persons and implications for poverty reduction / Gabriel Tourek Tourek, Gabriel Insurance This paper offers Medicaid assistance for early HIV/AIDS treatment as a case study in reform of the status quo administration of Federal and state health systems and undertakes to provide a compelling case for early care to lowincome individuals with health needs. Since the outbreak of HIV/AIDS in the United States in the early 1980s, Medicaid (and Medicare) eligibility requirements restrict benefits to HIV-positive individuals who are completely incapacitated while access is deferred for those struggling in the interim before severe disability. De facto, HIV-positive Medicaid recipients – low-income sufferers and the majority of infected persons of color –experience shorter life expectancies and lower qualities of life than their privately-insured counterparts. Interventions addressing HIV-related illness among poor populations may also address an underlying cause of their low earnings, removing a barrier to work and encouraging employment by improving physical and emotional capacities as well as future life prospects. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30873/1/AJ_GABRIEL%20TOUREK%20VOA%20K%2011.pdf Tourek, Gabriel (2011) Expanding medicaid coverage for early treatment of HIV-positive persons and implications for poverty reduction / Gabriel Tourek. Voice of Academia (VOA), 6 (1). pp. 23-44. ISSN 1985-5079 https://voa.uitm.edu.my/
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Tourek, Gabriel
Expanding medicaid coverage for early treatment of HIV-positive persons and implications for poverty reduction / Gabriel Tourek
description This paper offers Medicaid assistance for early HIV/AIDS treatment as a case study in reform of the status quo administration of Federal and state health systems and undertakes to provide a compelling case for early care to lowincome individuals with health needs. Since the outbreak of HIV/AIDS in the United States in the early 1980s, Medicaid (and Medicare) eligibility requirements restrict benefits to HIV-positive individuals who are completely incapacitated while access is deferred for those struggling in the interim before severe disability. De facto, HIV-positive Medicaid recipients – low-income sufferers and the majority of infected persons of color –experience shorter life expectancies and lower qualities of life than their privately-insured counterparts. Interventions addressing HIV-related illness among poor populations may also address an underlying cause of their low earnings, removing a barrier to work and encouraging employment by improving physical and emotional capacities as well as future life prospects.
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title Expanding medicaid coverage for early treatment of HIV-positive persons and implications for poverty reduction / Gabriel Tourek
title_short Expanding medicaid coverage for early treatment of HIV-positive persons and implications for poverty reduction / Gabriel Tourek
title_full Expanding medicaid coverage for early treatment of HIV-positive persons and implications for poverty reduction / Gabriel Tourek
title_fullStr Expanding medicaid coverage for early treatment of HIV-positive persons and implications for poverty reduction / Gabriel Tourek
title_full_unstemmed Expanding medicaid coverage for early treatment of HIV-positive persons and implications for poverty reduction / Gabriel Tourek
title_sort expanding medicaid coverage for early treatment of hiv-positive persons and implications for poverty reduction / gabriel tourek
publisher Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah
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