How NY state law will prevent universal HIV testing

Again, problems can be traced down to the reimbursement system:

Dr. Frieden and others argue that doctors cannot or will not take the time to take all the steps required by New York law to test their patients. “They have a huge number of things that they’re supposed to cover,” he said, while pressure from insurers to see more patients means that “they’re scrunching down to seven or eight minutes for a single clinical encounter.”

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