U.S. Advocates Call for Better Assistance for HIVers Seeking Disability Benefits

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U.S. Advocates Call for Better Assistance for HIVers Seeking Disability BenefitsHIV advocates in the United States are trying to ensure that HIV-positive people who must go on disability get the benefits they need. "Despite advances in treatment, many people infected by HIV are unable to work," says Bebe , director of Lambda Legal's HIV Project. Equipped with firsthand evidence of past problems faced by HIVers seeking benefits through the U.S. Social Security Administration, the HIV Project and other HIV organizations have issued a formal letter calling on the Social Security Administration to update its rules so that they better match up with the realities of living with HIV today. Suggested changes include doing more to help people who are coinfected with HIV and other diseases, such as hepatitis. (Press release from Lambda Legal)

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