‘Risking their health for no reason’: Why some patients with HIV are using cheap, suboptimal therapies
Professor Jason Ong says patients are dicing with danger to keep under the medical costs threshold.
People living with HIV are refusing optimal treatment in the mistaken belief that doing so will help their application for permanent residency in Australia, says a sexual health clinician.
Currently, the government automatically rejects permanent residency applications if the visa holder’s medical costs are expected to exceed $51,000 over 10 years.
