States that cut AIDS Drug Assistance Programs

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