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1993.01.08 :  Booklet -- Financing AIDS Care

Contact:  Anne Verano (202) 690-6145
January 8, 1993

       Federal spending on AIDS through the Medicare and Medicaid
programs will increase from $1.3 billion in fiscal year 1992 to
nearly $1.6 billion during FY 1993, HHS' Health Care Financing
Administration reported today.  
       Some 56,000 people with AIDS or HIV infection will be
covered by the programs, up from 47,000 in 1992.
       These estimates are included in a new booklet, Financing
Health Care for People with AIDS and HIV Infection, which
includes information about services available for Medicare and
Medicaid recipients.
       William Toby Jr., acting administrator of HCFA, commented,
"Every American should learn the facts about AIDS, its
transmission, its prevention, and the various federal and state
programs available to help people living with AIDS."
       Medicaid, the federal-state health care program for the
poor is the largest single source of health insurance support for
people with HIV and AIDS, serving about 40 percent of all those
with AIDS/HIV at some point during their illness.  
       Federal Medicaid spending for persons with AIDS/HIV will
be $1.3 billion in fiscal year 1993, while states will add
another $1.2 billion to the federal amount.
       Medicare, a federal health care insurance program for the
elderly and disabled, will account for an additional $385 million
in AIDS spending.  
       In fiscal year 1993, Medicare and federal Medicaid will
account for 39 percent of the $4.3 billion in total AIDS spending
by HHS agencies.
       Single copies of the booklet are available without charge
from the Consumer Information Center, Pueblo, Colo. 81009. 
Orders should specify the booklet's title.

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Editor's Note: HCFA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, directs the Medicare and Medicaid programs,
which help pay the medical bills of 67 million Americans.  HCFA's
estimated fiscal year 1993 expenditures are $230 billion, the
12th largest government budget of any kind in the world.