Medicare Adds Coverage for HIV Testing

HIV testing is an important issue. There are many people walking around with the HIV virus that are not aware that they could be infected and could possibly infect others.

Most people think of HIV as being the result of unprotected sex and/or drug use with unclean needles. This is not always the case. There are many cases of HIV that are caused by blood transfusions and other heath procedures or issues.

Unfortunately, too many people think of individuals who are infected with HIV as having done something wrong, living an immoral life or stereotype them as poor, uneducated or even homeless.

This is not the case in most situations. Regardless of what the situation is, the important point is that if a person is infected with HIV – or possibly infected – they need to be tested, at least as a starting point. The problem has been that individuals who do not have a lot of money cannot always afford to get tested. In addition, they may not be able to find medical help that they need to perform the test or to give results or treatment.

Now the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has stated that they will now begin immediately providing HIV testing for Medicaid and Medicare recipients. This is an extremely essential issue since most of the individuals covered by Medicare and/or Medicaid are in a low income situation and could use help when it comes to many of the basics in life and/or services that Medicare and Medicaid provides.

If you have been holding back from getting an HIV test and you are covered by Medicare and Medicaid, find out where you can get tested at medicare.gov or cms.gov.

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