FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's low-income AIDS patients face the longest waiting list in the country for a government program that offers free or low-cost drugs to fight the disease.
Kentucky has more than 1,200 people enrolled in its program low-income AIDS and HIV patients. But, the Lexington Herald-Leader reports, nearly 100 patients are on a waiting list for the program.
Sigga Jagne, the state's HIV/AIDS program manager, tells the newspaper 20 to 30 people are added to the list monthly. Jagne says it's uncertain how long people will be on the list.
Jagne says the program's demand has increased during the recession while federal funding has decreased and state funding has ceased.
Eight states in the country had waiting lists as of last month, and Nebraska was next in line with 75 people.
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Information from: Lexington Herald-Leader, http://www.kentucky.com
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