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Local HIV service provider warns Medicaid cuts could disrupt PrEP and testing services in Prince George's County
Summary
Us Helping Us and local clinicians told the Board of Health that Prince George's County has service gaps, low PrEP uptake and limited local funding for HIV/STI prevention; presenters urged local funding, workforce development and public–private partnerships to sustain prevention and care if federal funding falls.
A community-based HIV service organization told the Prince George's County Board of Health on June 17 that cuts to Medicaid and federal public-health grants could worsen already large local gaps in testing, treatment and prevention services.
Dr. DeMarco Hickson, director of Us Helping Us, described the group's four-decade history of HIV outreach and presented county-level surveillance data showing that roughly 9,000 people in the county are living with HIV and that more than a quarter of those diagnosed are not retained in care. "Of the roughly 9,000 individuals who are living with HIV, 8,234 have been diagnosed," Hickson said; he also stated there are about 824 people…
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