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As a physician who has worked with patients living with HIV since the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, I’ve seen the darkness and the light. Back then, it was a scary, anxious time—not only for patients, but also for clinicians. We lacked effective medical treatments. Patients swallowed handfuls of pills. These complex regimens often worked only for short periods of time and brought difficult side effects. Contracting HIV seemed like a painful death sentence—and one that too often lacked dignity, as many morticians then refused to embalm those who had succumbed to the disease. Today, the reality is much brighter. I now regularly counsel my patients who contract the virus to plan on living a full life into their golden years. With longer lives, more people now access prescription HIV drugs from Medicare than ever before. While we still lack a cure, we stand on the precipice of ending the epidemic because we know people cannot transmit the virus through sex when they have undetectable levels of HIV. This incredible step forward—a concept known as U=U, or undetectable equals untransmittable—is due in large part to the steady supply of a wide variety of antiretroviral medications. So long as patients have access to quality care and the right medicine, HIV is now a manageable disease. One important but unsung hero in this progress? An obscure federal law with long, bipartisan support, known as the “six protected classes” policy. It mandates that Part D prescription drug plans cover “all or substantially all” medications in six protected classes. It helps Medicare beneficiaries with some of the most serious health conditions: not only HIV, but also cancer, epilepsy, and those at risk of organ transplant rejection. Now that policy is under threat because pharmacy benefit managers—or the drug middlemen who decide which drugs your plans include and your pharmacy carries—are pressing the federal government to weaken the policy to pad their bottom lines. For those living with HIV, the stakes could not be higher. Until we have a cure, patients must take drugs regularly and diligently for the rest of their lives. Thanks to decades of incredible innovation, there are now 23 different antiretrovirals in nine different drug classes available to those living with HIV. I have prescribed every single one. Sometimes, I’ll prescribe from nine different two- or three-drug single tablet co-formulated combinations to find the most effective option for a patient. While patients have more options, they still face challenges adhering to their regimen. Some experience a gap in coverage due to loss of insurance or a switch in plans. Copayments can become a financial barrier. Others might experience side effects or have conditions making a particular medication unsuitable. These antiretroviral medications are not interchangeable. If a patient doesn’t take the exact medicine they need, they risk side effects, problematic medication interactions, and possibly developing resistance to HIV. If the virus comes back, it is genetically unforgiving. Now resistant to an entire class, the virus steals precious options for the patient, particularly those who have been living with HIV for decades. To overcome this, I need—my patients need—every single option at their disposal. The only way I can keep my patients maximally suppressed, living well, feeling good, and able to live a full, healthy life is if they have access to the full range of drugs. We have come a long way. Over the past decade, we have driven new deaths down by 70 percent and new infections down by 40 percent worldwide. But this progress is not guaranteed. If we eliminate the number of antiretrovirals available to patients, the danger of a backslide into resistant strains of the virus is real. As we recognize World AIDS Day, let us not only remember the millions this disease has taken, but let us also recommit ourselves to the 40 million people worldwide living with HIV and many more who are at risk of contracting it. Let’s protect this critical federally protected drug class policy that has delivered so much progress. We can’t slide back into darkness. We must keep pushing forward into the light.

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Beach and Bay living are yours from this beautiful & spacious 3 bedroom home in the quiet community of Salt Aire, close to restaurants, Indian River Bay & ocean beaches. Enjoy elevat ed living with the sturdy driven pile foundation oﬀering under home parking with recessed lighting & attached exterior storage. Located less than 1 mile from a bay beach via James Farm Ecological Preserve and only steps away from the popular Cedar Land & Sea Kitchen ﬁne dining restaurant. Don t miss this opportunity to live and play by the bay! Perfect for your beach getaway or investment property!

Make every day a vacation in this classic coastal home located just a seashell s throw from the Lewes Rehoboth Canal and only a block from the beach in North Shores! This inviting property features 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and spacious living areas accentuated by vaulted ceilings and Mexican tile ﬂooring. Features an open air pergola, expansive yard and multiple decks, outdoor shower and more! Ideal investment property with proven rental income aver aging $75,000 annually! North Shores oﬀers beach access, security, outdoor community pool, tennis courts, boat launch and more!

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Take a front row seat to panoramic sunsets, sea breezes, beach dunes and the Delaware Bay with this early 1900s beachfront home in Lewes Beach. With gentle use and renovations over the years this property holds good bones to those who want to create their very own historical beach getaway space, or take this landmark location to build their very own new beach home.

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