ADAP Advocacy
@adapadvocacy.bsky.social
The ADAP Advocacy mission is to promote and enhance the AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) and improve access to care for persons living with HIV/AIDS.
In case you missed our latest blog, "We Humbly Thank You, Ranier"
https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-humbly-thank-you-ranier.html #advocacy #gratitude
https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-humbly-thank-you-ranier.html #advocacy #gratitude
We Humbly Thank You, Ranier
By: Brandon M. Macsata , ADAP CEO Since January 2022, Ranier Simons has delivered the weekly ADAP Blog to thousands of stakeholders across ...
adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
In case you missed our latest blog, "We Humbly Thank You, Ranier"
https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-humbly-thank-you-ranier.html #advocacy #gratitude
https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-humbly-thank-you-ranier.html #advocacy #gratitude
Opinion | I Co-Discovered HIV. Here Are Lessons to Help Prepare for the Next Threat. https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/118996
Opinion | I Co-Discovered HIV. Here Are Lessons to Help Prepare for the Next Threat.
Sustained funding, modernized surveillance, and long-term prevention and care are key
www.medpagetoday.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Opinion | I Co-Discovered HIV. Here Are Lessons to Help Prepare for the Next Threat. https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/118996
Today, we're honored to have Mark Halperin kick off our board retreat and partners meeting in Washington, DC.
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Today, we're honored to have Mark Halperin kick off our board retreat and partners meeting in Washington, DC.
1 big thing: Billions in health spending left hanging www.axios.com/newsletters/... #axiosvitals
Axios Vitals - 1 big thing: Billions in health spending left hanging
www.axios.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
1 big thing: Billions in health spending left hanging www.axios.com/newsletters/... #axiosvitals
BREAKING via @drugchannels.bsky.social Channels - 340B Hit $81 Billion in 2024 (+23%): Why CMS and the IRA Are Poised to Cool the Program’s Runaway Growth www.drugchannels.net/2025/12/340b...
340B Hit $81 Billion in 2024 (+23%): Why CMS and the IRA Are Poised to Cool the Program’s Runaway Growth
www.drugchannels.net
December 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
BREAKING via @drugchannels.bsky.social Channels - 340B Hit $81 Billion in 2024 (+23%): Why CMS and the IRA Are Poised to Cool the Program’s Runaway Growth www.drugchannels.net/2025/12/340b...
We Humbly Thank You, Ranier
https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-humbly-thank-you-ranier.html #advocacy #gratitude
https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-humbly-thank-you-ranier.html #advocacy #gratitude
We Humbly Thank You, Ranier
By: Brandon M. Macsata , ADAP CEO Since January 2022, Ranier Simons has delivered the weekly ADAP Blog to thousands of stakeholders across ...
adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We Humbly Thank You, Ranier
https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-humbly-thank-you-ranier.html #advocacy #gratitude
https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-humbly-thank-you-ranier.html #advocacy #gratitude
What the End of Obamacare Subsidies Could Mean for Your Health Coverage
https://time.com/7332658/government-shutdown-over-aca-subsidies/
https://time.com/7332658/government-shutdown-over-aca-subsidies/
What the End of Obamacare Subsidies Could Mean for Your Health Coverage
Healthcare costs could triple for millions of people if subsidies are allowed to lapse at the end of the year.
time.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What the End of Obamacare Subsidies Could Mean for Your Health Coverage
https://time.com/7332658/government-shutdown-over-aca-subsidies/
https://time.com/7332658/government-shutdown-over-aca-subsidies/
Under the #340B Drug Pricing Program, hospital revenues and CEO compensation have risen significantly, while hospital charity care has decreased. See for yourself here: 340bmap.org
340B: What About Me? – 340B Drug Pricing Program and its Potential Impacts on Annual Revenues, Executive Compensation, and Charity Care Provision in Eligible Covered Entities
340bmap.org
December 13, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Under the #340B Drug Pricing Program, hospital revenues and CEO compensation have risen significantly, while hospital charity care has decreased. See for yourself here: 340bmap.org
Read our latest blog, "We Humbly Thank You, Ranier"
https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-humbly-thank-you-ranier.html #advocacy #gratitude
https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-humbly-thank-you-ranier.html #advocacy #gratitude
We Humbly Thank You, Ranier
By: Brandon M. Macsata , ADAP CEO Since January 2022, Ranier Simons has delivered the weekly ADAP Blog to thousands of stakeholders across ...
adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Read our latest blog, "We Humbly Thank You, Ranier"
https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-humbly-thank-you-ranier.html #advocacy #gratitude
https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-humbly-thank-you-ranier.html #advocacy #gratitude
Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers https://kffhealthnews.org/MjEyOTg4NA via KFF Health News
Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers - KFF Health News
With subsidies that give consumers extra help paying their health insurance premiums set to expire, lawmakers are again debating the Affordable Care Act. The difference this time: It’s happening in the middle of ACA open enrollment.
kffhealthnews.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers https://kffhealthnews.org/MjEyOTg4NA via KFF Health News
GeoVax Addresses Identification of New Mpox Variant apnews.com/press-releas...
GeoVax Addresses Identification of New Mpox Variant
Continued Mpox Evolution Underscores Dependence on a Single Global Supplier, Reinforcing the Critical Importance of GeoVax’s Accelerated GEO-MVA Program
apnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
GeoVax Addresses Identification of New Mpox Variant apnews.com/press-releas...
New antibiotic can effectively treat gonorrhea, study finds www.statnews.com/2025/12/11/n... via @statnews
New antibiotic can effectively treat gonorrhea, study finds
A single-dose oral antibiotic from a new class of drugs was as effective as the previous standard of care at treating uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea,
www.statnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
New antibiotic can effectively treat gonorrhea, study finds www.statnews.com/2025/12/11/n... via @statnews
Alternative Funding Programs for Prescription Drugs Are Putting Patient Lives at Risk https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/alternative-funding-programs-for.html #AlternativeFundingPrograms #AFPs
December 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Alternative Funding Programs for Prescription Drugs Are Putting Patient Lives at Risk https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/alternative-funding-programs-for.html #AlternativeFundingPrograms #AFPs
One of the more tragic abuses...any #FQHC enrolled in the #340B program suing patients over medical debt should be outlawed!
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"These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills." www.propublica.org/article/fede...
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"These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills." www.propublica.org/article/fede...
These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.
Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country garnishing patients’...
www.propublica.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
One of the more tragic abuses...any #FQHC enrolled in the #340B program suing patients over medical debt should be outlawed!
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"These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills." www.propublica.org/article/fede...
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"These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills." www.propublica.org/article/fede...
via Bloomberg Law - Sixth Circuit Appears Likely to Strike Down Tennessee PBM Law https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/sixth-circuit-appears-likely-to-strike-down-tennessee-pbm-law
Sixth Circuit Appears Likely to Strike Down Tennessee PBM Law
Tennessee struggled in oral arguments Wednesday to persuade the Sixth Circuit to overturn a lower court ruling that rejected major portions of its law regulating pharmacy benefit managers.
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
via Bloomberg Law - Sixth Circuit Appears Likely to Strike Down Tennessee PBM Law https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/sixth-circuit-appears-likely-to-strike-down-tennessee-pbm-law
“What AFPs are doing is importing misbranded and unapproved foreign drugs, which is illegal.” Read more: https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/alternative-funding-programs-for.html #AlternativeFundingPrograms #AFPs
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“What AFPs are doing is importing misbranded and unapproved foreign drugs, which is illegal.” Read more: https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/alternative-funding-programs-for.html #AlternativeFundingPrograms #AFPs
A weakened bill to cut off Chinese biotech firms nears passage, after years of changes https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/biosecure-act-chinese-biotech-restrictions-passes-house/ via STAT
A weakened bill to cut off Chinese biotech firms nears passage, after years of changes
WASHINGTON — Congress is poised to pass the Biosecure Act after two years of incremental changes that watered down the bill’s curbs on Chinese biotechs
www.statnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A weakened bill to cut off Chinese biotech firms nears passage, after years of changes https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/biosecure-act-chinese-biotech-restrictions-passes-house/ via STAT
ADAP Advocacy Airs Commercial Highlighting Declining 'Charity Care' among 340B-Eligible Hospitals www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-releas...
ADAP Advocacy Airs Commercial Highlighting Declining 'Charity Care' among 340B-Eligible Hospitals
December 11, 2025 -- Commercial: Is the 340B Drug Pricing Program the Next 'Too Big to Fail'?
www.24-7pressrelease.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
ADAP Advocacy Airs Commercial Highlighting Declining 'Charity Care' among 340B-Eligible Hospitals www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-releas...
Health Care Consolidation and Rising Costs Happen, but Obamacare Is Not the Key Culprit kffhealthnews.org/MjEyNjYyMg via @kffhealthnews.org althnews
Health Care Consolidation and Rising Costs Happen, but Obamacare Is Not the Key Culprit - KFF Health News
The debate over expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits has given Republicans room to resurface old criticisms — such as blaming the ACA for mergers and consolidation within the health care industry.
kffhealthnews.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Health Care Consolidation and Rising Costs Happen, but Obamacare Is Not the Key Culprit kffhealthnews.org/MjEyNjYyMg via @kffhealthnews.org althnews
“Notwithstanding the illegality of the operation AFPs are not honest in their sourcing. They claim to source only medications from reputable tier-one sources such as the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia." https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/alternative-funding-programs-for.html
December 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Notwithstanding the illegality of the operation AFPs are not honest in their sourcing. They claim to source only medications from reputable tier-one sources such as the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia." https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/alternative-funding-programs-for.html
We couldn't have said it any better than our longtime friend,
@onetoughpirate.bsky.social
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#HIVAwareness #HIV #AIDS #Survivor
@onetoughpirate.bsky.social
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#HIVAwareness #HIV #AIDS #Survivor
The H in HIV has always stood for “human,” and that’s the part too many people forget. It’s never been about who you are — it’s about what you do that puts you at risk for contracting HIV.
Let’s keep educating. Let’s keep enlightening.
End the stigma. 🙏
— Bob, aka One Tough Pirate
#HIVAwareness
Let’s keep educating. Let’s keep enlightening.
End the stigma. 🙏
— Bob, aka One Tough Pirate
#HIVAwareness
December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We couldn't have said it any better than our longtime friend,
@onetoughpirate.bsky.social
👏
#HIVAwareness #HIV #AIDS #Survivor
@onetoughpirate.bsky.social
👏
#HIVAwareness #HIV #AIDS #Survivor
Opinion | I'm an Infectious Diseases Doctor. Our Pipeline of Experts Is in Distress. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | I'm an Infectious Diseases Doctor. Our Pipeline of Experts Is in Distress.
Sidelining our field will inevitably leave us all unprepared for the next threat
www.medpagetoday.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Opinion | I'm an Infectious Diseases Doctor. Our Pipeline of Experts Is in Distress. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
1 in 4 ACA enrollees may go without insurance if subsidies end http://www.modernhealthcare.com/insurance/mh-aca-enrollees-insurance-subsidies-premiums/
December 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
1 in 4 ACA enrollees may go without insurance if subsidies end http://www.modernhealthcare.com/insurance/mh-aca-enrollees-insurance-subsidies-premiums/
Slow mail hurts medication access: Study #story4lshare#story4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-vitals-03f9e3b0-d461-11f0-9e90-b39b5337a13c.html?chunk=4&utm_term=twsocialshare#story4 #axiosvitals
December 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Slow mail hurts medication access: Study #story4lshare#story4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-vitals-03f9e3b0-d461-11f0-9e90-b39b5337a13c.html?chunk=4&utm_term=twsocialshare#story4 #axiosvitals
Alternative Funding Programs for Prescription Drugs Are Putting Patient Lives at Risk https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/alternative-funding-programs-for.html #AlternativeFundingPrograms #AFPs
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Alternative Funding Programs for Prescription Drugs Are Putting Patient Lives at Risk https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/12/alternative-funding-programs-for.html #AlternativeFundingPrograms #AFPs