“The virus doesn’t choose who to infect, it can infect anyone,” said Dr. Satish Mocherla, an infectious disease specialist at Legacy Community Health Services in Dallas. “So why a particular demographic is being targeted is a mystery to us.”
Kelley was previously the named plaintiff in the case, but the name was changed last month “because the media coverage of this case has triggered a wave of threats and cyberbullying” against Kelley,The lawsuit specifically addresses PrEP, but O’Connor’s ruling, which addresses how the federal government can decide what preventive care is covered in employer health care plans, may end up having much more wide-reaching consequences, Hoffman said.
While implementation has not been as universal as hoped, fully funded preventive care through the ACA has been shown to be largely effective at improving health outcomes, reducing health care spending and“The idea that an employer can shop a la carte for policy coverage goes against what we have learned over the last decade in the effort to end the HIV epidemic,” said Carlo, the former Dallas County health director.
Allowing companies to drop free coverage would prevent many of Legacy’s patients from being able to afford the treatment, Mocherla said, and would reverse that historic trend of declining HIV rates.
NPR TexasTribune OK, they can just not have sex and they won't get HIV. No problem.
TexasTribune Paranoid terrorizing zealots wrapped in fear and ignorance hiding behind a political bible. Monsters, every one of em.
NPR TexasTribune Barf.
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GinjerH TexasTribune This is where Christian nationalism is leading us. There's an election coming up. You know what to do.
NPR TexasTribune Long play backed by the insurance industry to use zealots to weaken a requirement that costs them money? Throw in a few trigger words, find the right judge, cut out the costly program and profit. There are benefits at risk for cancer and diabetes treatment.
NPR TexasTribune So when your employer doesn’t believe in blood transfusions they can sue to keep that out of your coverage
NPR TexasTribune So would they rather have HIV spread?
NPR TexasTribune Religion poisons the brain 🧠
TexasTribune Because people who unknowingly have sex with someone who once had sex with someone else who was sick but didn't know it deserve to die. Right, pro-lifers?
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NPR TexasTribune What fucked up religion wants people to die of AIDs?
NPR TexasTribune Totally fucked up.
TexasTribune Christians getting preferential treatment violates my right to a society free from religion.
TexasTribune And how do they feel about Viagra? Does God's will have special exceptions for special prescriptions?
NPR TexasTribune this is becoming insane
TexasTribune What a crock
TexasTribune 'Christian conservatives' is a very kind (and inaccurate) way to describe someone who once said the solution to solve the AIDS crisis was just to shoot anyone who wasn't straight.
TexasTribune This means 'companies' are allowed to push their religious beliefs on employees. So much for 'freedom of religion.' And what about when HIV is spread by blood transfusions? Unlikely, but possible.
TexasTribune These people are NOT Christian.
NPR TexasTribune I just looked up Truvada on GoodRX. You can get it at Walmart for $31.28, if it’s that important to you.
NPR TexasTribune I’m against my insurance and Medicare paying for impotence drugs, in religious reasons.
TexasTribune He is struggling to be relevant
NPR TexasTribune Well that’s not very Christian of them…🤷🏽♂️
TexasTribune Judge Reed O’Connor’s ruling could threaten access to sexual and reproductive health care for more than 150 million working Americans who are on employer-sponsored health care plans. It is likely to be appealed by the federal government.