Episode 101: Former AIDS Healthcare Foundation Employee Jack Carrel Says It Awarded ‘Kickbacks’ to Keep Patients In-House for Testing, Treatment and Drugs
Even the mainstream AIDS media are abuzz over this one. Three former employees of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) are acting under the federal Whistleblower Act to sue this largest U.S. AIDS medical services provider. At issue is an alleged kickback scheme for patient referrals estimated at $20 million per year.
AHF president Michael Weinstein has answered with the everybody-does-it defense. The rest of the AIDS industry is calling for his head, as it has for the past half-year over his criticism of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). Weinsten has further self-nominated himself as “czar” to police safe sex in the porn industry.
Comments (2)Episode 100: The Best of ‘How Positive Are You,’ on its 100th Episode
Tragic stories and grateful rants, long-time nonprogressors, the death of artist Keith Haring, words from two-time heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Morrison, defending orphans and babies, the end of “HIV criminalization,” whether to go on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), deconstructing how “HIV testing” actually works, provocative science, pharmaceutical corruption, a confrontation with a TV episode’s medical advisor, feedback from our audience both grateful and hostile, debunking the entire Ebola epidemic from the lab to the streets of West Africa, and remembering our dear friend and co-founder Christine Maggiore – whew! – you’ve heard it all on “How Positive Are You.” If you haven’t, catch up with our library on our Program Index page. Or you can save some time with this helpful retrospective of the first seven years of our groundbreaking Podcast.
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Comment (0)Episode 87: Journalist Terry Michael on What Every Gay Man Should Know About Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
Is there a pill to prevent “HIV”? Is Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) the answer we’ve been looking for, all these years? Your intrepid team here at “How Positive Are You” is on the case, with Washington, D.C., journalist Terry Michael. Unlike other gay pundits and “leaders,” Michael has read the studies, done the math — and documented the corruption [report updated November 22, 2014] at the highest levels of U.S. corporations and government. So, after hitting the books, he told HPAY co-hosts David Crowe and Elizabeth Ely what he found. You decide.
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