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Insurers should allow co-pay assistance to count as out-of-pocket spending, claims HHS lawsuit by HIV, hepatitis and diabetes advocates.

The court sided with the hospitals, which challenged a $1.6 billion Trump-era cut to 340B Medicare reimbursements.

Here’s how the funding will reach American Indians and Alaska Natives, who see higher rates of HIV, hepatitis C and STIs.

The Hep ElimiNATION partnership will assign grades to all 52 U.S. jurisdictions based on their viral hepatitis achievements.

Plus: The White House moves to ensure that future ACA health plans cost less, protect those with chronic illness and don’t discriminate.

To fight drug overdoses, HIV and hepatitis, the Biden administration is endorsing harm reduction, including syringe services.

That’s a $267 million increase for HIV efforts from 2021. Plus, Biden’s 2022 budget invests $6.5 billion in health research.

A letter from 124 patient groups urges the White House to make drugs more affordable—and spells out how it can do so.

Some of the federal funds in West Virginia will address the link between opioid misuse and HIV and hepatitis.

Rachel Levine, MD, currently leads Pennsylvania’s health department and its response to COVID-19.

The Viral Hepatitis National Strategic Plan for the United States, released by HHS, offers a road map for the next five years.

Comment on the draft Viral Hepatitis National Strategic Plan; details in the Federal Register.

Especially from people who might have been considered a risk for transmitting HIV and hepatitis B and C

A coalition of LGBT groups sues the Trump administration over the rule. The lawsuit is “Whitman-Walker Clinic v. HHS.”

That’s the subject of a federal inquiry into the tech giant’s “Project Nightingale” partnership with Ascension.

And yet, you have until December 15 to enroll in Obamacare for coverage beginning January 1.