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ADAP (AIDS Drug Assistance Program) Funding: Action Needed.


Almost half of all states have already indicated that they may have to restrict their AIDS Drug Assistance Program by the end of 2001. Restrictions can include waiting lists, caps on services, cutting drugs off the formulary formulary /for·mu·lary/ (for´mu-lar?e) a collection of recipes, formulas, and prescriptions.

National Formulary  see under N.


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, or even closing the program to new enrollment because money is low. Additional states may be affected as well.

Recently we learned that California is looking at its program to decide what drugs to remove from its program if necessary.

The basic problem is that federal and state funding has not kept up with the greater number of patients who need treatment, since people today are living longer. The new guidelines that call for starting treatment somewhat later will help to balance expenses, but is not enough to make up the difference.

On June 14 Project Inform's Treatment Action Network sent out an alert listing some of the states soon to be affected:

In the last appropriations bill, ADAP ADAP AIDS Drug Assistance Program
ADAP Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program
ADAP Agricultural Development in the American Pacific
ADAP Autodiscovery/Autopurge
ADAP Airport Development Aid Program
ADAP Advanced Digital Antenna Production
 received $60 million less than projected as needed as needed prn. See prn order.  to provide standard of care for its clients. In addition, the number of new clients and the costs of drugs continue to rise, putting an additional strain on many state ADAPs. Many programs are expected to face serious problems in the next few months without an emergency supplemental. According to according to
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 a recent report by the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD NASTAD National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (Washington, DC) ), nearly half of all states have indicated that they might have to place emergency restrictions on their programs this year, such as implementing or expanding waiting lists, capping services, and/or making cuts to the list of available drugs. Currently, there are ADAP waiting lists in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures


Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15.
, and South Dakota. Even states with the most comprehensive ADAPs such as California, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, and Pennsylvania are expected to feel the effects of the budget shortfall.

That action alert asked recipients to call or email President Bush, and their two U.S. Senators (you can find contact information for Senators from their Web sites, which can be reached through http://www.senate.gov).

What You Can Do

The ADAP situation is changing daily. To be informed how you can help on this and other treatment and access issues, you can join Project Inform's Treatment Action Network. Send an email to tan@projectinform.org, and ask to receive their action alerts.
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Publication:AIDS Treatment News
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Date:Jun 23, 2001
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