PrEP Wisconsin

PrEP in Wisconsin: how to start and how it is covered

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PrEP greatly reduces your chance of getting HIV, and almost all health plans must cover it at no charge.

Primary source: https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/prevention/prep.html

Ryan White Part B

Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin HIV Program

State ADAP

Wisconsin HIV Drug Assistance Program (HDAP)

Income limit 300% of the poverty level

State PrEP program

None we could confirm; almost all health plans must cover PrEP at no charge

Call 1-800-991-5532, Wisconsin HIV info line

How to start PrEP in Wisconsin

PrEP is medicine, pills or shots, that greatly reduces your chance of getting HIV from sex or injection drug use, CDC says. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that clinicians prescribe it to people at increased risk. Under the Affordable Care Act, almost all health plans must cover PrEP with no charge for the medicine, clinic visits or lab tests; people without insurance can ask about the drug makers' assistance programs. CDC: PrEP.

For help in your state: Wisconsin's HIV program, or call 1-800-991-5532.

For Black families in Wisconsin

7,463 people were living with diagnosed HIV in Wisconsin at the end of 2024, and 40% of people 13 and older newly diagnosed that year were Black (our arithmetic from CDC's counts), according to CDC's provisional 2024 data.

Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Infectious Diseases Clinic. The Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Infectious Diseases Clinic in Milwaukee offers HIV care with medical case management, linkage-to-care case management, an onsite pharmacy and onsite psychiatric and psychotherapy services, funded in part by Wisconsin's Ryan White Program. Appointments: (414) 777-7700.

Diverse & Resilient. Diverse & Resilient, at 2439 N. Holton Street in Milwaukee, offers HIV testing on a walk-in basis and by appointment, a PrEP clinic, an STI treatment clinic, and HIV care support that includes help enrolling in the state's drug assistance program. Its Intersectionality Among Men project is an HIV prevention program for same-gender-loving Black and Latino men ages 18 to 29. Phone: (414) 390-0444.