Many HIV patients living without access to health care

Barb went two years without treatment for AIDS/HIV because she said she had no insurance and could not afford the drugs.

More than 6,000 people are living with HIV in Wisconsin ?more than at any time in the history of the AIDS epidemic. More than two-thirds live in severe poverty, and 40 percent have no health insurance, said Michael Gifford, chief operating officer for AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin.

“I wouldn’t be able to afford my drugs if I had to pay the $600 a month premium for insurance,” she said.
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