{"id":2717,"date":"2016-04-28T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2717"},"modified":"2016-04-27T12:49:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T16:49:23","slug":"medi-cal-aids-program-is-underfunded-advocates-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2717","title":{"rendered":"Medi-Cal AIDS Program Is Underfunded, Advocates Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>VAN NUYS, Calif. \u2014 Andy Martin\u2019s body had rejected another HIV medication, and now his viral load was spiking.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting in his living room, Martin told a nurse and a social worker that he\u2019d recently spent three days in the hospital with a high fever. The social worker, Scott Blackburn, told him that if his viral load didn\u2019t drop, he could end up there again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most important thing, regardless of what treatment regimen you are on, is that you are under a doctor\u2019s care,\u201d Blackburn said. \u201cI just want to make sure there are eyes on you.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/medi-cal-aids-program-is-underfunded-advocates-say\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=28960323&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9u0xugOvS2U6lIvObbEDpv1N-1QjupHlwzHXlWrcDXduWjGBch7Kzf1NH5mpdGp_qdfbuM70vAVQT7plQkXqBW5db7xw&amp;_hsmi=28960323\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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