This interactive model allows users to explore how changes in PrEP coverage and viral suppression rates can affect new HIV diagnoses and overall healthcare costs.

Policy changes that reduce funding for HIV treatment and prevention programs, restrict healthcare coverage and access, or increase patient out-of-pockets costs can result in thousands of avoidable HIV infections and billions in additional healthcare costs over the next decade.

Alternatively, policy changes that maintain or increase funding for HIV treatment and prevention programs, expand healthcare coverage and access, or eliminate patient out-of-pocket costs can result in significant reductions in HIV infections and lower healthcare costs.

New HIV Infections and Viral Suppression Rates

New HIV Infections (2022)
31,800
New Infections Ending the HIV Epidemic Goal (2030)
3,700
Viral Suppression (2022)
67%
Viral Suppression Ending the HIV Epidemic Goal (2030)
90%

Use the slider below to increase or decrease PrEP coverage or viral suppression rates and see the impact on HIV infections and lifetime medical costs.

← Slide to decrease or increase PrEP Coverage 1 →

1. PrEP coverage is the number of persons prescribed PrEP divided by the estimated number of persons who had indications for PrEP. The currently level of PrEP coverage is 27% for the next decade. This model uses that as the baseline for this analysis.

2. For infections over a decade.

Additional yearly infections that could have been prevented
862
Additional infections that could have been prevented over a decade
8,618
Additional lifetime medical costs 2
$XX million

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A [3.5%] yearly decrease in PrEP coverage would lead to an estimated [9,194] additional HIV infections could have been prevented over the next 10 years. These additional HIV infections not averted would result in an extra [$3.9 billion] dollars in lifetime treatment costs.

Calls to Action

  • Maintain or increase HIV prevention and treatment funding
  • Increase PrEP coverage by removing barriers to PrEP
  • Increase viral suppression rates by connecting people with HIV to treatment and care
  • Protect HIV programs and the federal Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative