AIDS Drug Assistance Program

What is the 'AIDS Drug Assistance Program' or ADAP?

The AIDS Drug Assistance Program is also known as ADAP, and it is a national program that is funded by the U.S. Congress, and the program is managed by every state; for example, California has it's own ADAP program. There are some states in the U.S. that their ADAP programs are exceptionally good. California and New York are two excellent states that have good ADAP programs. What they do is they provide people with HIV who do not have health insurance or access to healthcare with HIV drugs or other lifesaving drugs that they need. Usually this will happen on a sliding fee scale basis or, in some cases, it would be offered free or just for a minimal copy.

Do all states have an ADAP program?

All states have an ADAP program, but not all states have good ones. For example, California and New York have excellent ADAP programs that cover a wide range of not just HIV drugs, but other important drugs as well. The requirements needed to get into a ADAP program vary depending upon the state and depending on how much money you make and how much access you have to health care. There may even be a waiting requirement. For example, North Carolina is notorious for under funding it's ADAP program, therefore, there's a long waiting list of people waiting to enroll in that program. As such, four people have recently died while on the waiting list of that ADAP program.