"ADAP Watch," National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors: The report found that a total of 308 people in Alaska and South Carolina were on waiting lists for AIDS Drug Assistance Programs as of July 19 (ADAP Watch, 8/16). ADAPs are federal- and state-funded programs that provide HIV/AIDS-related medications to low-income, uninsured and underinsured HIV-positive individuals (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 6/26).
According to the report, there is approximately $35 million in FY 2007 ADAP supplemental awards that has not been distributed. ADAP estimated need for FY 2008 is $1 billion, an increase of $233 million over FY 2007. The House is considering a bill that would increase ADAP funding by $41 million for FY 2008, and the Senate is considering a similar bill that would increase ADAP funding by $25.4 million. According to the report, ADAP costs have increased by an average of $110.8 million annually since FY 1997 (ADAP Watch, 8/16).
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