Public Benefits

This webinar, recorded on 10/28/2019, will explore considerations regarding HIV positive people, employment and access to public entitlements, such as Medicaid, Medicare, SSI/SSD, housing benefits and other benefits. Many people with HIV would like to return to work or continue working but face a complex maze of questions about how this would impact their access to benefits and services. Maintaining health coverage and other benefits is critical to positive health outcomes and ensuring that people with HIV achieve viral suppression and remain virally suppressed. Health and human services providers who work with people with HIV should have a basic understanding of these issues in order to best support clients with employment-related questions.