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HEY there dose anyone in texas now where there is help to get hiv medication i wont have insurance for 3 months i have to change jobs and i wont be able to get my benfits till after 90 days so then how do i get my medication for my hiv am scared cause for 3 months i wont have insurance to cover it so what do i do

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Babyboy915

The health dept or the lgbt office near you has resources Ryan white is everywhere good luck

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Trotski in reply toBabyboy915

hab.hrsa.gov

Hi there. Where in Texas are you? That will help in finding out about your meds.

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Far west texas

dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/med...

dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/con...

panwest.org/PDF/resources/P... Page 69

empowermentep.org

Google search your city or nearest big city hiv resources,for example (el paso hiv resources). Mixed in with some search result noise there should be a site.

Hope that helps.

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Ty appreciate you getting info thought you needed it? Lol

in reply toBabyboy915

Lol, sorry that was meant for Ricarado... I got lost in the discussion chain.

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BlkDmd

U may also need to know thst there are many insurance companys that Do Not cover HIV meds.

When i first start getting medications it was thru the local health department and it was free, but once i was able to get insurance through my job i paid almost $300 a month for insurance but then i was informed that the insurance that i was paying for didn't cover HIV meds. Because, i couldn't afford the $2300 to pay for meds every month, i was off medications for 9 months because if you have insurance thru your job then you are no longer eligible to recieve meds thru the local health department. I eventually quit the job and found another one but declined to get insurance through my new job and i have been bsck on my meds ever since. The system has many flaws and this is just one that i wished someone warned me about in advance. The Doctors know this but will not tell you unless you bring it up... I think this is really sad

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