Patient Advocacy Groups Say Some Insurers Discouraging HIV/AIDS Patients From Buying Certain Rx Drugs

Several patient advocacy groups say health insurers are discouraging people with HIV/AIDS from purchasing medication by making their drugs unaffordable in plans purchased through the Affordable Care Act's insurance exchanges. According to the groups, some insurers are putting costly drugs in a special category that requires patients to pay up to 50% of the total expense.

• "AIDS Patients Fear Discrimination in ACA Exchange" (Kennedy, AP/Miami Herald, 8/6).