By Megan Quintana, KALW Crosscurrents
Living with HIV or AIDS can be hard. Even with advances in treatment, symptoms can be hard to manage, and medication is expensive.
If you live in San Francisco, it’s even harder – because the cost of living is so high. The median price for a one-bedroom apartment in the city is almost $2,800 – already out of reach for many low-income people, and even harder for people whose medical costs get higher as their diseases advance. The cost of medication for an HIV patient can reach nearly $30,000 per year.
But for 16 years, San Francisco has had a place to help low-income AIDs patients – Leland House in Visitacion Valley. KALW student reporter Megan Quintana has always known about Leland House because her mom is a nursing assistant there.
Read the complete story at KALW Crosscurrents.