HIV Discrimination Complaint Against Four Insurance Plans in Florida Carl Schmid Deputy Executive Director The AIDS Institute Washington, DC August 4,

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HIV Discrimination Complaint Against Four Insurance Plans in Florida Carl Schmid Deputy Executive Director The AIDS Institute Washington, DC August 4, 2014 The AIDS Institute

Outline What we found in Florida Qualified Health Plans Basis for Discrimination Complaint Reaction to the Complaint Next Steps The AIDS Institute

Florida Qualified Health Plans Reviewed all 36 Silver QHPs offered in the Marketplace 10 Issuers Rx Analysis Covered drugs, cost-sharing and coverage limitations The AIDS Institute

Findings Most plans have a range of tiering and nominal cost-sharing for HIV drugs Four issuers placed every drug, including generics, on highest tier and had very large patient co-insurance (e.g. 40% or 50%) The AIDS Institute

Examples of Good Florida Plans The AIDS Institute QHP IssuerBenefit DesignCost-Sharing Ambetter Most HIV drugs on Tier 1 or 2 2 HIV drugs on Tier 4 Tier 1 copays range $10-$25 (after deductible in some plans) Tier 2 copays range $50-$75 (after deductible in some plans) Tier 4 coinsurance ranges 20-30%, with one plan instead using $250 copay (after deductible) Blue Cross Most HIV drugs on Tier 1 or 2 Only 1 drug on Tier 3 without a generic or other alternate form on lower tier Tier 1 copays range $10-$25 (after deductible in some plans) Tier 2 copays range $40-$70 (after deductible in some plans) Tier 3 copays range $70-$100 Molina Most HIV drugs on Tiers 1and 2 1 drug on Tier 3 2 drugs on Tier 4 Tier 1 copay $20 Tier 2 copay $55 Tiers 3 and 4 require 30% coinsurance

Examples of Bad Florida Plans The AIDS Institute QHP Issuer Benefit Design Co-Insurance and Restrictions CoventryOne Tier 5 – All HIV Drugs, Including Generics 40% after $1,000 Rx deductible Most Require Prior Authorization Quantity Limits (e.g., no 90-day supply) Cigna Tier 5 – All HIV Drugs, Including Generics 40-50% after deductible ranging $0 - $2, day supply limits Humana Tier 5- All HIV Drugs, Including Generics 40-50% after $1,500 deductible 30-day supply limits Preferred Medical Specialty Tier- All HIV Drugs, Including Generics 40% co-insurance

ACA Non- Discrimination Provisions Sec of ACA prohibits insurers from “employ[ing] …benefit designs that will have the effect of discouraging the enrollment of individuals with significant health needs in health insurance coverage or discriminat[ing] based on an individual's … predicted disability, …expected length of life, degree of medical dependency, quality of life, or other health conditions.” The AIDS Institute

Enforcing Non-Discrimination Provisions We believe these plans violate the ACA non- discrimination provisions In reaction, we have: Raised with Administration & Congress Raised publicly through the Media CMS response: Take case to state insurance commissions As part of letter to issuers indicated it will conduct outlier tests for 2015 plans No regulations or guidance issued to implement Sec The AIDS Institute

Discrimination Complaint The AIDS Institute filed complaint with HHS Office for Civil Rights on May 29, 2014 against 4 plans With National Health Law Program (NHeLP) NHeLP “protects and advances the health rights of low- income and underserved individuals.” Asking OCR to investigate and take corrective action Against Florida plans & others throughout country The AIDS Institute

Bias Claims for Insurers in Coverage of H.I.V. By KATIE THOMAS MAY 29, 2014 Complainants say health insurers used high drug co-pays to discourage people with HIV/AIDS from enrolling BY PATRICIA BORNS Four Florida insurance companies offering Affordable Care Act policies are discriminating against people with HIV or AIDS, according to two health-rights organizations that plan to file a formal complaint with the federal government Thursday. The complaint by the AIDS Institute and the National Health Law Program — nonprofits advocating for the health rights of the poor and those living with chronic diseases — cites CoventryOne, Cigna, Humana and Preferred Medical for creating prescription-drug policies that the groups say discourage people with HIV/AIDS from enrolling in their Florida healthcare marketplace plans.……. Health care advocates said on Thursday that four insurers offering plans in the new federal marketplace discriminated against people with H.I.V. or AIDS by requiring them to pay high out- of-pocket costs for drugs to treat H.I.V., including generic medications. Two groups, the AIDS Institute and the National Health Law Program, filed a complaint on Thursday with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights, saying the insurers had violated a provision in the new health care law that prohibits discriminating against consumers because of their medical conditions. They said the insurers had subjected people infected with H.I.V. to restrictions on medications that most patients take daily to keep the virus in check.……filed a complaint

Response from Insurers HIV drugs are covered as required by law NYT: “Cigna said the company’s H.I.V. drug coverage was in line with accepted medical practice…offers an array of plans in the federal marketplaces, including some that offer more comprehensive coverage.” HIV patients protected by out-of-pocket cap Healthline: “’Once the out-of-pocket maximum is reached for the year, the plan pays 100 percent of the cost for any drug therapy, including HIV drugs,’ the insurer said. Charge high cost-sharing to other patient populations too Tampa Bay Times: “Humana also noted that drugs for other conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis, are also on highest payment tier.” The AIDS Institute

Patient Community Response “WOW!!! Finally Someone is doing something about the heck I have been going through. I read your complaint today on the Miami Herald, and reading it I swear you copied my notes from when I researched and individual policy.” Lawyer in Florida told AP of 30+ clients unable to afford HIV medications and wanting to disenroll from Humana, Coventry and others “They go to the pharmacy and find their drug is not covered and they can’t afford them. There’s no way.” The AIDS Institute

Patient Community Response Several phone calls and s from Humana enrollees in Georgia. For example, enrollee charged $1,200 per month in cost-sharing and can’t afford it. “My Humana Silver plan insurance the cost was $ a month which I cannot afford.” --HIV negative partner of a HIV positive person who wants to take Truvada as PreP in Florida The AIDS Institute

Next Steps HIV advocates in other states interested in filing complaints Other disease groups also interested Await decision from Office of Civil Rights Issuers submitting 2015 plans now Hope CMS adequately reviews them CMS also developing Sec Regulations The AIDS Institute

THANK YOU Carl Schmid – THE AIDS INSTITUTE