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TIICANN

@TIICANN

National nonprofit working to help those living with HIV/AIDS and/or Viral Hepatitis receive access to care and treatment.

 Washington D.C.
tiicann.org
Joined June 2010
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Watch the HIV/HCV Co-Infection Watch promotional video & sign-up to receive timely updates: tiicann.org/video/co-infecti…. #HIV #HCV
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118 LGBTQ Latinx Southerners and allies in Durham. Three days of healthcare access, community defense, and turning lived experience into policy. Encuentro 2026 is what capacity building actually looks like in practice. The recap: link.tiicann.org/postwb5 #HealthEquity
Bright yellow-green event banner reading "Encuentro 2026 presents ROOTED en el Sur" with floral-filled block letters; details show 21C Museum Hotel Durham, October 28–30, 2026, with Latinos in the South logo.

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Data out of Oregon is showing how a new financial aid law is working for patients. The new rules, which took effect July 2024, require hospitals to proactively screen all patients and provide financial aid to those who qualify. Read more via @FierceHealth >> tinyurl.com/enj9barp
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Treating #mentalhealth is non-negotiable for ending the #HIV epidemic. It is the connecting tissue behind how, why, and when patients seek prevention and treatment. For instance, the likelihood of good adherence was 42% lower among people with depressive symptoms. Read more via CANN’s blog >> tinyurl.com/ycxvwrdm
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Remembering Dolores Huerta, pioneering labor leader, civil rights activist, and longtime LGBTQ+ ally who co-founded the United Farm Workers and dedicated her life to fighting for farmworkers’ rights, gender equality, and social justice. A vocal supporter of LGBTQ+ rights, she stood alongside the community in the fight for equality and believed in the power of people coming together to create change. Her enduring rallying cry, “¡Sí, se puede!” inspired generations to organize and keep fighting for justice. Rest in power, Dolores #NOH8
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340B Policy Director @kalvin_pugh reminisces about the years spent in the United States Capitol alongside Kristy Kibler, CEO of @LupusColorado. Year-round participation in the legislative process is what keeps democracy going whether there is an election or not. But this election season, Pugh reminds us that “public health is a shared responsibility.” Read more via CANN’s blog >> tinyurl.com/ypu52nwa
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Nonprofit hospitals are required under state and federal law to offer eligible patients financial assistance as a condition of their tax-exempt status. But research shows these hospitals are falling short in letting patients know about #charitycare. In one case, a lifesaving gallbladder removal surgery amounted to a shocking six-figure bill. Read more via @pubhealthwatch >> tinyurl.com/yc27c47m
Texas Nonprofit Hospitals Must Offer Charity Care, But Many Patients Never Realize They Can Apply,...

Texas Nonprofit Hospitals Must Offer Charity Care, But Many Patients Never Realize They Can Apply,...

Thousands of Texans turn to outside help to navigate an often confusing application process for financial assistance. Many say their hospital did little to inform them.

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The affordability crisis is real – private insurers and the #PBMs they own are the culprits. Some patients look to drug importation as a solution, but it risks counterfeit and contaminated medicine without reforming the system that allows insurers to take advantage of patients. Read more via CANN’s blog >> tinyurl.com/5a6rmntf
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Voting is the floor, not the ceiling. Communities whose health depends on policy can't afford to treat civic engagement as a quadrennial event. link.tiicann.org/ajawk82 #HealthEquity
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Expired ACA credits, high employer plan costs, and upcoming Medicaid work-reporting requirements are impacting patients. Read more via CANN’s blog >> tinyurl.com/bd8wc9ah
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The September 2026 publication of @CDCgov’s Medical Monitoring Project (MMP) shows data from June 2024 to May 2025, and closed about five weeks before #HR1 became law and disrupted #HIV programs. If we are to end the HIV Epidemic by 2030, we must keep measuring health indicators and push policymakers to address harms befalling patients from federal cuts and upcoming work requirements. Read more via CANN’s blog >> tinyurl.com/4epw84nr
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340B Policy Director @kalvin_pugh deep-dives into the intention and meaning behind the “community” in Community Access National Network. In his words, “We step up because community is not someone else's responsibility, because advocacy requires action, because access requires persistence, because accountability requires courage, and because the people and communities at the center of our work deserve nothing less.” Read more via CANN’s blog >> tinyurl.com/492z9jkc
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Happy Birthday, Chaz Bono!🥳 Chaz Bono opened up about his journey with gender in an interview with The New York Times in 2011. 📸 Getty
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Why former TX Congressman @michaelcburgess was surprised, yet gratified, to see both parties in Congress agreeing to pursue needed #healthinsurance reform. @txhbi nationalreview.com/2026/10/i…
Insurance Reform Is the Bipartisan Opportunity Washington Should Seize | National Review

Insurance Reform Is the Bipartisan Opportunity Washington Should Seize | National Review

Both parties in Congress are advancing legislation that would improve health-care transparency.

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4 million people illegally bought drugs abroad not because they chose a riskier supply chain — because payers engineered their coverage to shift costs onto patients. Closing the border solves nothing if that stays untouched. link.tiicann.org/0tdziut #PBMReform
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Helen Branswell, STAT’s longtime infectious diseases reporter, has died at 69. For a decade she made the science of outbreaks accessible and timely for readers who needed it - clinicians, advocates, and patients alike. A real loss. Our thoughts are with those closest to her.
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Insurers posted billions in Q2 2026 profits while six are exiting ACA Marketplaces and leaving 650,000 people to find new plans. For people with HIV or hep C, losing coverage means losing treatment. Three shocks, one gap. link.tiicann.org/dyd808q
Close-up of a computer screen displaying the UnitedHealthcare website, showing the company logo and navigation options including Medicare and Individual and family insurance plans.

ALT Close-up of a computer screen displaying the UnitedHealthcare website, showing the company logo and navigation options including Medicare and Individual and family insurance plans.

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Could a public health strategy reduce medical debt? Los Angeles County to pioneer a system to screen hospital patients for financial aid. kffhealthnews.org/health-ind…
Medical Debt Is Crushing Hospital Patients in Los Angeles. Health Officials May Have a Fix. - KFF...

Medical Debt Is Crushing Hospital Patients in Los Angeles. Health Officials May Have a Fix. - KFF...

In Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous, a new system could screen hospital patients for financial aid, preventing hundreds of thousands from getting bills they can’t pay.

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Community health centers served 32.7 million patients in 2025, with 9 in 10 patients living in low-income households. Medicaid was the largest payer, covering nearly half of health center patients and accounting for 46% of total health center revenue. on.kff.org/3ZdWYfG
The KFF bar chart titled "Health Centers Saw Increases in Patients Across Age Groups Since 2021" displays the number of patients in millions for the years 2021 to 2025. Each year is divided into three age groups: 0-17, 18-64, and 65 and older. The total patients increase each year, with 2021 showing 30.3 million, and 2025 showing 32.7 million.

ALT The KFF bar chart titled "Health Centers Saw Increases in Patients Across Age Groups Since 2021" displays the number of patients in millions for the years 2021 to 2025. Each year is divided into three age groups: 0-17, 18-64, and 65 and older. The total patients increase each year, with 2021 showing 30.3 million, and 2025 showing 32.7 million.

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“The very fact that one company controls so much of America’s healthcare is what makes it so infuriating when you see just how bad people’s experiences with it can be.” More on #UnitedHealth from @LastWeekTonight: theguardian.com/tv-and-radio…

John Oliver on UnitedHealth Group: ‘Algorithmically driven, ruthless arbiters of who lives and who...

Ahead of Luigi Mangione’s sentencing, the Last Week Tonight host looked into the corporate healthcare behemoth that is UnitedHealth Group

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CDC's 2024 HIV data is the last clean look before H.R. 1 reshaped coverage, and the survey that produces it may have lost a full year of data next cycle. link.tiicann.org/j3cq7l0 #HIVPolicy
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ALT Exterior sign of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters, showing the blue CDC logo and full agency name against a cloudy sky.

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