In 2019, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) gave certain types of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) a Grade A recommendation. This meant most insurers were required to cover it without cost-sharing. However, insurance denials and cost-sharing incidents have continued, specifically for sexual and gender minority people who have sex with men, according to a recent study published in Health Affairs .

The study, called ‘Insurance Denials And Cost Sharing For PrEP Among Sexual And Gender Minority People,’ surveyed 11,410 participants reporting current or former PrEP use and was managed by Alexa D’Angelo, Ph.D., M.P.H., a recent doctoral graduate from the CUNY School of Public Health and Health Policy.

D’Angelo’s study used data from the ongoing American Transformativ

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