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November 7, 2005
Senate Votes on HIV Medicaid
by Staff
November 7, 2005—The Senate passed a little-noticed amendment to a budget bill last week that would overturn a rule barring poor people with HIV from getting Medicaid unless they have full-blown AIDS. The issue—which has died every year in committee since it was raised in the late 90s—now goes to a House-Senate committee for discussion.