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By John GodfreyThe second-largest insurer in the United States, Aetna, has agreed to lower the costs of pharmaceutical drugs to people living with HIV/AIDS after legal action by the AIDS Institute (TAI) and The National Health Law Program (NHeLP).NHeLP and TAI filed a complaint in May 2014 with the…

By Andy MillerMore Georgia children should be screened for potentially dangerous levels of lead in their blood, public health officials say....Jane Perkins, legal director of the National Health Law Program, says there are many reasons for poor performance by state Medicaid programs on lead screenings."Some primary care providers do…

Women need more options when dealing with the emotional—and financial—cost of a lost pregnancy.By Jessica GroseLaurie Bertram Roberts was about 12 weeks pregnant with her third child when she thought something might be wrong. She was the married mother of twins at the time, working two jobs in Michigan…

By Andy MillerMore Georgia children should be screened for potentially dangerous levels of lead in their blood, public health officials say....Jane Perkins, legal director of the National Health Law Program, says there are many reasons for poor performance by state Medicaid programs on lead screenings."Some primary care providers do…

By John GodfreyThe second-largest insurer in the United States, Aetna, has agreed to lower the costs of pharmaceutical drugs to people living with HIV/AIDS after legal action by the AIDS Institute (TAI) and The National Health Law Program (NHeLP).NHeLP and TAI filed a complaint in May 2014 with the…

By Steve LeeTALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin M. McCarty announced this week that Aetna, Inc. and Coventry Health Care of Florida, Inc. are revising their HIV/AIDS drug formularies for individual health plan members. The new change means a majority of HIV drugs currently labeled as specialty drugs…