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How do you like this little tid-bit of news?
HIV Prevention Pays
HIV prevention pays. Researchers estimate that the cost of lifetime treatment for a person with HIV now averages about $155,000. Estimates are that 40,000 people are infected yearly, resulting in an annualized cost of more than $6 billion. The cumulative cost of lifetime treatment increases by more than $6 billion yearly if the number of infections stays steady, as it has over the last decade. In the last 5 years alone, an estimated 200,000 people have been infected with HIV. Treating them over the rest of their lives will cost the nation $31 billion.
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