"Bank On It! The South Is Always Wrong"
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Southern states are now the epicenter of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. "Southern states now have the highest rates of new HIV diagnoses, the largest percentage of people living with the disease and the most people dying from it, according to...the Southern AIDS Coalition....States in the South have the least expansive Medicaid programs and the strictest eligibility requirements to qualify for assistance, which prevents people living with HIV/AIDS from getting care, according to a coalition report. In the South, Campbell said, people living with HIV have to reach disability status before they qualify for aid. This is significant, because nationally the vast majority of HIV/AIDS patients rely on Medicaid for their health insurance, according to research conducted by the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta." Teresa Wiltz in The Washington Post and Pew Stateline.
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