This St. Pete not-for-profit provided $755,107 in free healthcare across Tampa Bay in 2023
From I Love The Burg: As Tampa Bay continues to grow, health inequities among its residents are becoming more pronounced, especially with the rising cost
TAMPA, Fla. — Metro Inclusive Health is one of the Grand Marshalls in this year’s Tampa’s Pride Parade. METRO is in its 30th year providing LGBTQ-focused healthcare to the Tampa Bay area, which includes HIV testing.
“People living with HIV can live normal long healthy lives,” explained Brian Bailey the chief marketing and experience officer for Metro Inclusive Health.
Bailey explained to ABC Action News just how far we’ve come with treating HIV. Done with simplified treatments sometimes a single shot or pill, HIV not just manageable, but preventable.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP is 99% effective at preventing at-risk people from ever getting it. The federal government has instructed insurance companies to cover all costs associated with PrEP, making it easier to get.
“Your co-pay, your lab work, the doctor’s visit that’s how important PrEP is in our community to preventing HIV in the next generation,” said Bailey.
There was a time when the Tampa Bay area had some of the highest HIV case numbers in the country. That’s expected to be a much different situation in the coming years.
Bailey said that the same community that was so impacted by HIV in the 80s and 90s is largely responsible for the advances we have in treatment and prevention today.
From I Love The Burg: As Tampa Bay continues to grow, health inequities among its residents are becoming more pronounced, especially with the rising cost
From Watermark Online: Metro Inclusive Health has announced that the organization’s Copay it Forward program generated $755,107 in free healthcare for under or uninsured
Author: Caitlin Lockerbie (WTSP) Metro Inclusive Health has a daily mission to provide healthcare options to patients who often feel misunderstood and underrepresented. The non-profit
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