Eliminating Hurdles To Life Saving Medication: A Patients-to-Policy Story
Description
The moment you’re exposed to the HIV virus, a clock starts ticking. You have 72-hours to begin taking medication that greatly reduces your risk of contracting the virus, and the sooner you start taking it, the more effective it is.
In the second of five stories in our new medical-legal partnership patients-to-policy series, Whitman-Walker Health’s medical-legal partnership worked with insurance companies to remove requirements forcing Post-Exposure Prophylaxis medications to be filled by mail. By doing so, they ensured people who were exposed to the HIV virus could get the medication they needed filled at a local pharmacy within the 72-hour window when the drug can be effective in preventing the transmission of HIV.
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Authors
Kate Marple, Director of Communications & Senior Research Scientist, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership
Erin Dexter, Communications & Events Associate, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership
This case study was published by the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership.
Acknowledgment
This case study is possible thanks to generous support from The Kresge Foundation.