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Texas House bills aim to require insurers to pay for HIV testing, care


The Kind Clinic offers HIV testing, care and prevention free or at reduced costs. Advocates hope lawmakers will require insurance companies to cover testing for HIV.

The numbers of AIDS and HIV cases in Texas have been static for a while.

“We have not stopped HIV transmission since it started. We’ve made really good gains, but for a long period, we stalled out,” said Christopher Hamilton, CEO of Texas Health Action, which runs the Kind Clinic locations in Austin. The Kind Clinic offers HIV testing, care and prevention free or at reduced costs.

Hamilton said Texas has seen a slight declines in cases — from a rate of 17.76 per 100,000 people in Texas in 2010 to 14.50 per 100,000 in 2019. Newer medications offer the possibility of reducing HIV transmission even more. To make that happen, more people need to get tested and know their HIV status, Hamilton said, to know which medication is right for them.



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