Health Care and Insurance Issues

This HIV Policy Resource Bank category includes materials on HIV-related health care and health insurance issues, including cases, statutes, and regulations that govern the treatment of people with HIV, including health care workers; pleadings and briefs on topics such as denial of care based on HIV status; training materials related to access to health care, insurance coverage, and patient attitudes; and guidance on the implications of health care reform for people with HIV.

Highlighted Resources

Health Care and Insurance Issues

The Health Care Experiences of Women with HIV/AIDS: Insights from a Focus Group, Henry Kaiser Family Foundation (2003)

Medicaid: A Primer: Key Information on Our Nation’s Health Coverage Program for Low-Income People (The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, June 2010)

Department of Health and Human Services v. State of Florida - Amicus Brief, Supreme Court of the United States (January 13, 2012)

Employment and Living with HIV/AIDS: A Resource Guide, United States Department of Labor (2012)

The Supreme Court Hobby Lobby Ruling Puts Religious Beliefs Over Scientific Fact (2014)

Trans Populations and HIV: Time to End the Neglect, American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) (April 2014)

D.F. v. Gladys Carrion as Commissioner of New York City Administration for Children’s Services, Supreme Court: New York County (March 21, 2014)

Mark Wilson v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., 2013 WL 6080106 (S.D. West Virginia) (2013)

Settlement Agreement Between the United States of America and Glenbeigh, Rock Creek, Ohio, Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (March 13, 2013)

Settlement Agreement between the United States of America and Woodlawn Family Dentistry Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (2013)

Settlement Agreement Between the United States of America and American Laser Center, LLC Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (June 28, 2011)

NASTAD Releases Health Reform Issue Brief: Immigrants and the Affordable Care Act (2014)

Comments to NYC Administration for Children’s Services on Draft of Safe and Respected: Policy, Best Practices, and Guidance for Serving Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Children and Youth in the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice System, CHLP (2013)

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Capital Healthcare Solutions, Inc., Complaint and Jury Trial Demand (W.D. Pa. Sept. 29, 2011)

East, et al. v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, Louisiana Health Cooperative, Inc., and Vantage Health Plan, Inc., Temporary Restraining Order, U.S. District Court (M.D. La. 2014)

East, et al. v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, Louisiana Health Cooperative, Inc., and Vantage Health Plan, Inc., Complaint, U.S. District Court (M.D. La. 2014)

Health Equity & Access under the Law (HEAL) for Immigrant Women & Families Act (2014)

Recommendations to the DC Child and Family Services Agency on Administrative Issuances, Healthcare Quick Reference Guides, and Program Policies Related to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Programming for Youth in Foster Care (2014)