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by SargeZT 1963 days ago
It is expensive, but it is accessible. Truvada for PrEP has a program both for insured patients that covers co-pays up to $7,200 per year (I pay zero dollars a year because of this), and a medication assistance program for uninsured patients where after signing up and meeting eligibility requirements (which are basically 'are you at risk of getting HIV' and 'are you not wealthy to the point where you should definitely be able to afford insurance') you receive the medication at zero cost.

This is true of many medications, but Truvada is especially famous for it. As a gay man I have a lot of friends on it, and because of the aforementioned program, only two of the thirty+ pay any co-pay at all, and it's something like 20 bucks for them.

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Just confirming this.

I don’t know anyone paying full price for Truvada. It’s either free, or whatever your insurance copay for drugs happens to be. (It’s annoying I have to go to a specific pharmacy with my drug plan, but whatever.)

That's better than I had imagined it was, though I wonder about those on really lousy insurance, or no insurance. Or perhaps those on their parent's insurance that aren't "out" yet, etc.