{"id":19388,"date":"2019-02-23T18:29:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T18:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.wordpress.com\/?p=19388"},"modified":"2019-02-23T18:29:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T18:29:24","slug":"the-struggle-to-maintain-access-to-lifesaving-hiv-meds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/23\/the-struggle-to-maintain-access-to-lifesaving-hiv-meds\/","title":{"rendered":"The struggle to maintain access to lifesaving HIV meds"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52512366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonblade.com\/content\/files\/2018\/11\/HIV_insert_by_NIAID_via_Flickr.jpg\" alt=\"Medicare Part D, gay news, Washington Blade\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption>(Scanning electromicrograph by NIAID via Flickr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When I was diagnosed with HIV in 1985, there were no medications to treat it. Not one. I never imagined that the medical community would achieve the advancements in HIV treatment and prevention we see today. In fact, President Trump actually proposed a plan in his State of the Union address to end the HIV epidemic in America by 2030. This lofty goal would be thwarted, however, by proposed changes to Medicare Part D that jeopardize the advancements we\u2019ve made in the fight against HIV.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonblade.com\/2019\/02\/22\/the-struggle-to-maintain-access-to-lifesaving-hiv-meds\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>(Scanning electromicrograph by NIAID via Flickr) When I was diagnosed with HIV in 1985, there were no medications to treat it. Not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hiv"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}