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Long‑term HIV survivors urge $50 million for housing and state legal/navigation services
Summary
Long‑term survivors and case managers told a Senate select committee that housing instability, federal benefit clawbacks and complex systems are pushing older people with HIV into precarity and urged use of ADAP rebate funds for housing and state legal/navigation services.
At a California State Senate select committee hearing, older people aging with HIV and their case managers urged state lawmakers to dedicate funds to housing, legal assistance and benefits navigation tailored to long‑term survivors.
"We're being punished for the mistake of staying alive," Paul Aguilar told the committee, recounting a federal $201,000 clawback for an old income discrepancy and subsequent suspension of disability and Medicare payments. Aguilar…
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