Groups Begin Screening Clients for Free or Low-Cost AIDS Drugs
Nineteen community organizations in Los Angeles County began screening clients Monday for a new program that provides drugs for free or at a low cost to people with the AIDS virus.
The organizations, known as Community Unity for AIDS Care, will extend the reach of a state drug assistance program by offering to deliver the drugs at home and by operating a toll-free hot line for medication counseling and advice from pharmacists on AIDS therapies.
People with the virus who earn less than $29,880 a year can obtain medications to combat the virus and its side effects at no cost. Those with higher incomes may be eligible for the drugs at reduced rates. The toll-free number is 1-800-994-4477.
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