Community Access National Network (CANN)
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National nonprofit working to help those living with HIV/AIDS and/or Viral Hepatitis receive access to care and treatment.
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Our joint statement with @adapadvocacy.bsky.social on @wsj.com reported funding cuts to #HIV Prevention programs...
As CANN Board Member Kathie M. Hiers announces her retirement from @AIDSAlabama, we honor her service to the community and faithful leadership. Because of Kathie, policies around housing, affordability, and destigmatization advanced throughout the Deep South and the nation.
December 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
As CANN Board Member Kathie M. Hiers announces her retirement from @AIDSAlabama, we honor her service to the community and faithful leadership. Because of Kathie, policies around housing, affordability, and destigmatization advanced throughout the Deep South and the nation.
While @ZackStephenson & @DrMattKleinMN pushed hard for a PDAB in Minnesota, CANN board member Patrick Ingram details why this would be a disastrous move for patients. Minnesotans need affordability without compromising access. buff.ly/iQLllOn
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
While @ZackStephenson & @DrMattKleinMN pushed hard for a PDAB in Minnesota, CANN board member Patrick Ingram details why this would be a disastrous move for patients. Minnesotans need affordability without compromising access. buff.ly/iQLllOn
TOMORROW — CANN's Executive Director, Jen Laws, will join @blkwomenshealth to talk about the intersection of #340B with Medicaid. Register here buff.ly/stXSVGm.
Legislative Health Policy Series
Together we will break bread, while policy and movement experts engage in a fireside chat style discussion around the following 3 key policy areas that directly impact the health of our nation's…
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December 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
TOMORROW — CANN's Executive Director, Jen Laws, will join @blkwomenshealth to talk about the intersection of #340B with Medicaid. Register here buff.ly/stXSVGm.
World AIDS Day reminds us, even during challenging times, that we must steadfastly defend the essential programs that provide medications, testing, prevention, housing, and supportive services. Once an HIV safety net is compromised, rebuilding becomes multitudes more costly and emotionally taxing.
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
World AIDS Day reminds us, even during challenging times, that we must steadfastly defend the essential programs that provide medications, testing, prevention, housing, and supportive services. Once an HIV safety net is compromised, rebuilding becomes multitudes more costly and emotionally taxing.
But we have never waited for political permission to do what is needed.
History shows us that progress in HIV policy is rarely linear. Budgets rise, then fall, with the optional attention of charity. Political champions emerge, then fade with the regularity opportunism offers.
History shows us that progress in HIV policy is rarely linear. Budgets rise, then fall, with the optional attention of charity. Political champions emerge, then fade with the regularity opportunism offers.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
But we have never waited for political permission to do what is needed.
History shows us that progress in HIV policy is rarely linear. Budgets rise, then fall, with the optional attention of charity. Political champions emerge, then fade with the regularity opportunism offers.
History shows us that progress in HIV policy is rarely linear. Budgets rise, then fall, with the optional attention of charity. Political champions emerge, then fade with the regularity opportunism offers.
Yet if there is one constant in the HIV movement, it is resilience.
For more than four decades, the HIV community has endured cycles of crisis and recovery. We have faced indifference, stigma, scarcity, and political backlash.
For more than four decades, the HIV community has endured cycles of crisis and recovery. We have faced indifference, stigma, scarcity, and political backlash.
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Yet if there is one constant in the HIV movement, it is resilience.
For more than four decades, the HIV community has endured cycles of crisis and recovery. We have faced indifference, stigma, scarcity, and political backlash.
For more than four decades, the HIV community has endured cycles of crisis and recovery. We have faced indifference, stigma, scarcity, and political backlash.
🔴 LIVE NOW: CANN partner @TruthRX is streaming for #WorldAIDSDay on how #PBMReform can strengthen the #RyanWhite program and support people living with HIV. Tune in: buff.ly/hnSB9pZ
World AIDS Day Live from D.C.
Join PBM on the Rocks as we broadcast Live from AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Washington, DC for World AIDS Day!
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December 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🔴 LIVE NOW: CANN partner @TruthRX is streaming for #WorldAIDSDay on how #PBMReform can strengthen the #RyanWhite program and support people living with HIV. Tune in: buff.ly/hnSB9pZ
On this #WorldAIDSDay, we honor all patients – past, present and future – who are at the forefront of dismantling stigma and improving community care for themselves and loved ones. www.worldaidsday.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
On this #WorldAIDSDay, we honor all patients – past, present and future – who are at the forefront of dismantling stigma and improving community care for themselves and loved ones. www.worldaidsday.org
As CDC reportedly won't recognize World AIDS Day under the current administration, CANN's Kalvin Pugh reflects on 37 years of this observance: "Resilience is not passive. It is planning, persistence, and refusing to let setbacks define the future." #WorldAIDSDay #HIV
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December 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
As CDC reportedly won't recognize World AIDS Day under the current administration, CANN's Kalvin Pugh reflects on 37 years of this observance: "Resilience is not passive. It is planning, persistence, and refusing to let setbacks define the future." #WorldAIDSDay #HIV
A @Pharmacy_Times overview of the 340B program concludes that “the program’s legitimacy rests increasingly on transparency, audits, and ensuring benefits reach vulnerable patients—not solely hospital finances.”
Billions at Stake: 340B Program Integrity and Sustainability in 2024–2025 | Pharmacy Times
The program’s legitimacy rests on transparency, audits, and ensuring benefits reach vulnerable patients.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A @Pharmacy_Times overview of the 340B program concludes that “the program’s legitimacy rests increasingly on transparency, audits, and ensuring benefits reach vulnerable patients—not solely hospital finances.”
#IVF should be more accessible and affordable, but TrumpRX is not the way. By partnering with Express Scripts, Freedom Fertility & CVS (which the FTC recently sued for artificially raising drug prices), it’s clear that patients are not the priority.
Trump announces plan to lower the cost of a common IVF drug
Trump campaigned on expanding IVF access, referring to himself as the “father of IVF.” On Thursday, he announced a deal that will enable patients to buy a key IVF drug at a discount.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
#IVF should be more accessible and affordable, but TrumpRX is not the way. By partnering with Express Scripts, Freedom Fertility & CVS (which the FTC recently sued for artificially raising drug prices), it’s clear that patients are not the priority.
"I didn't get here because I was virtuous or inspiring. I got here because people threw me ropes when I was sinking." CANN's Travis Roppolo reflects on gratitude, advocacy, and showing up when everything is on fire. #HIV #Thanksgiving
I Didn’t Plan for Advocacy or Gratitude, Yet Here They Are
CANN's Travis Roppolo shares a personal Thanksgiving reflection on the unexpected path that brought him to HIV advocacy.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"I didn't get here because I was virtuous or inspiring. I got here because people threw me ropes when I was sinking." CANN's Travis Roppolo reflects on gratitude, advocacy, and showing up when everything is on fire. #HIV #Thanksgiving
70% of HIV clinicians report service disruptions, but not from Congressional cuts - from administrative obstruction blocking appropriated funds. Our analysis examines how bureaucratic roadblocks destabilize HIV care before proposed eliminations take effect. #HIV #RyanWhite
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November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
70% of HIV clinicians report service disruptions, but not from Congressional cuts - from administrative obstruction blocking appropriated funds. Our analysis examines how bureaucratic roadblocks destabilize HIV care before proposed eliminations take effect. #HIV #RyanWhite
Federal policy changes threaten to overwhelm AIDS Drug Assistance Programs that serve 270,000 people nationwide. H.R. 1, expiring ACA subsidies, and proposed Ryan White cuts create conditions worse than the 2010 crisis. #HIV #ADAP #RyanWhite
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November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Federal policy changes threaten to overwhelm AIDS Drug Assistance Programs that serve 270,000 people nationwide. H.R. 1, expiring ACA subsidies, and proposed Ryan White cuts create conditions worse than the 2010 crisis. #HIV #ADAP #RyanWhite
To really create change, we have to care before it’s time to care. Well-spoken piece by the inimitable Mary Fisher in @TIME about compassion for #HIV patients and opposing ruthless domestic and international funding cuts.
November 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
To really create change, we have to care before it’s time to care. Well-spoken piece by the inimitable Mary Fisher in @TIME about compassion for #HIV patients and opposing ruthless domestic and international funding cuts.
The Senate HELP Committee examined 340B program growth and transparency concerns, but patient voices were absent from the witness table. Our analysis asks: are patients at the table or on the menu when reform is discussed? #340B #HealthcareAccess
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340B: Are Patients at the Table or on the Menu? Reflections on the HELP Committee Hearing on 340B — HIV-HCV Co-Infection Watch
It was a busy few weeks for 340B in the nation’s capitol, on Thursday October 30th, The Health and Human Resources Administration (HRSA) announced it had approved nine drugs for its Rebate Model…
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November 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The Senate HELP Committee examined 340B program growth and transparency concerns, but patient voices were absent from the witness table. Our analysis asks: are patients at the table or on the menu when reform is discussed? #340B #HealthcareAccess
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Congress must reject #MFN proposals. They won’t do anything to lower the price we pay for prescription meds. Instead, insurers will raise premiums and cost-sharing amounts to recoup lost revenue. @HouseGOP @HouseDemocrats @SenateGOP @SenateDems buff.ly/tw7Ykhe
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Congress must reject #MFN proposals. They won’t do anything to lower the price we pay for prescription meds. Instead, insurers will raise premiums and cost-sharing amounts to recoup lost revenue. @HouseGOP @HouseDemocrats @SenateGOP @SenateDems buff.ly/tw7Ykhe
States AIDS drug programs - lifeline programs our community relies on - are under pressure due to expiring premium tax credits. Thankfully, Gilead reversed course to support patients, but policymakers need to step up, center patient interests, and protect our access to health care. buff.ly/S9sACyu
Gilead agrees not to raise prices on HIV medicines for state AIDS drug programs
After tense negotiations, Gilead Sciences has agreed not to boost prices next year for HIV medicines that are sold to state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
States AIDS drug programs - lifeline programs our community relies on - are under pressure due to expiring premium tax credits. Thankfully, Gilead reversed course to support patients, but policymakers need to step up, center patient interests, and protect our access to health care. buff.ly/S9sACyu
We applaud Chair @SenBillCassidy and #SenateHELPCommittee members for evaluating the #340B program during Thursday's hearing. To lower costs & ensure 340B is directly benefiting patients, @GOPHELP / @HELPCmteDems must improve transparency & pass bipartisan #PBM reform. Read more >> buff.ly/GHA3D4F
October 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
We applaud Chair @SenBillCassidy and #SenateHELPCommittee members for evaluating the #340B program during Thursday's hearing. To lower costs & ensure 340B is directly benefiting patients, @GOPHELP / @HELPCmteDems must improve transparency & pass bipartisan #PBM reform. Read more >> buff.ly/GHA3D4F
#antiretroviral (ARV) treatment doesn’t just save lives – it prolongs them. Soon, long-term care centers will care for an older population, and must provide special consideration for de-stigmatization, empathy, and #equity. @mcknightsltcn
‘Ready to care?’ Nursing homes begin to grapple with nation’s aging HIV population
HIV has been a disease of younger adults, but the need for long-term care is increasing as more patients surpass their 50th birthdays and develop comorbidties much more common in older people.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
#antiretroviral (ARV) treatment doesn’t just save lives – it prolongs them. Soon, long-term care centers will care for an older population, and must provide special consideration for de-stigmatization, empathy, and #equity. @mcknightsltcn
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy mobilized trans women to care for gay men dying of AIDS in the 1980s when no one else would. She died October 13 as trans people face epidemic HIV rates and legislative attacks. Our tribute examines the debt we owe. #HIV #TransRights
The Debt We Owe: How Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Showed Us What Solidarity Means — HIV-HCV Co-Infection Watch
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy died on October 13, 2025, at her home in Little Rock, Arkansas, surrounded by family and the chosen community she spent 78 years building. Her death comes as America, and…
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October 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy mobilized trans women to care for gay men dying of AIDS in the 1980s when no one else would. She died October 13 as trans people face epidemic HIV rates and legislative attacks. Our tribute examines the debt we owe. #HIV #TransRights
If it looks like a bribe and acts like a bribe...
AARP disclosures show a $9 BILLION one-time payment from #UHC at the same time the insurer is under criminal investigation over #Medicare fraud. www.thecentersquare.com/national/art...
AARP disclosures show a $9 BILLION one-time payment from #UHC at the same time the insurer is under criminal investigation over #Medicare fraud. www.thecentersquare.com/national/art...
AARP under fire after $9 billion payment from UnitedHealthcare revealed
(The Center Square) – AARP is facing new scrutiny after disclosures showed it will receive $9 billion from UnitedHealthcare under a restructured deal to market AARP-branded Medicare Advantage plans.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If it looks like a bribe and acts like a bribe...
AARP disclosures show a $9 BILLION one-time payment from #UHC at the same time the insurer is under criminal investigation over #Medicare fraud. www.thecentersquare.com/national/art...
AARP disclosures show a $9 BILLION one-time payment from #UHC at the same time the insurer is under criminal investigation over #Medicare fraud. www.thecentersquare.com/national/art...
On National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day, we join the call to "Start Treatment. Stick to It. Get Better." We advocate for culturally competent HIV care addressing language barriers and stigma in Hispanic/Latinx communities. Treatment adherence saves lives. #HIVAdvocacy #HealthEquity
National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day
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October 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
On National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day, we join the call to "Start Treatment. Stick to It. Get Better." We advocate for culturally competent HIV care addressing language barriers and stigma in Hispanic/Latinx communities. Treatment adherence saves lives. #HIVAdvocacy #HealthEquity
26% of people living with HIV have experienced intimate partner violence, w/ 36% lower odds of viral suppression. Our analysis examines how DOJ grant cuts dismantle survivor services during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. #HIV #DomesticViolence #HealthEquity www.hiv-hcv-watch.com/blog/oct-13-...
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October 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
26% of people living with HIV have experienced intimate partner violence, w/ 36% lower odds of viral suppression. Our analysis examines how DOJ grant cuts dismantle survivor services during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. #HIV #DomesticViolence #HealthEquity www.hiv-hcv-watch.com/blog/oct-13-...
People with HIV could pay $1,699+ more per year for health coverage when enhanced tax credits expire. ADAPs would face tens of millions in added costs. This threatens access to life-saving care. @KFF: #HIV #Shutdown #ACA buff.ly/gmvuhiK
How Might Expiring Premium Tax Credits Impact People with HIV? | KFF
This issue brief provides an overview of the potential impact not extending enhanced ACA premium tax credits could have on people with HIV and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. Enhanced credits have…
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October 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
People with HIV could pay $1,699+ more per year for health coverage when enhanced tax credits expire. ADAPs would face tens of millions in added costs. This threatens access to life-saving care. @KFF: #HIV #Shutdown #ACA buff.ly/gmvuhiK