Who are ADAP Clients?
The majority of clients served by ADAPs are low-income people who are uninsured or underinsured and cannot afford access to drug treatments for HIV/AIDS. Eighty percent of ADAP clients have incomes below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). Forty-eight percent have incomes below 100% of the FPL. In ten states, two-thirds or more of the ADAP population earn less than 100% of the FPL. In states with relatively limited Medicaid programs, ADAPs may be shouldering an increased burden of low-income individuals living with HIV/AIDS who do not meet restrictive Medicaid eligibility criteria. “These statistics show that ADAPs are playing a vitally important role in helping people who are economically disadvantaged and living with HIV to get access to drug therapies that could mean the difference between life and death, ” says Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Vice President, the Kaiser Family Foundation. The AIDS Drug Assistance Program, or ADAP, is a state-administered program that provides access to
