For people living with HIV and relatively healthy CD4 counts on public health insurance, the risk of dying is about twice that of those who have private health insurance, according to a sobering new report from the HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS) published online ahead of print by the journal AIDS. According to the report, HIV-positive individuals with CD4 counts above 200 were more likely to die of non-AIDS-related health problems—many of them modifiable with appropriate guidance and medical care—if they were covered by a public health insurance plan compared with a private health insurance plan.
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