The Next Wave in AIDS Care: Reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act 2005-2010

The AIDS Institute is committed to making the HIV/AIDS care system in the United States a system of high quality, life saving and life enhancing services available and accessible to all people living with HIV/AIDS regardless of jurisdiction or ability to pay. Such a system involves far more than the Ryan White CARE Act. TAI supports the eventual implementation of many of the IOM report recommendations cited previously to achieve this goal. That being said, and realizing that such a change is long-term; TAI fully supports the 2005 reauthorization of the CARE Act with consideration of the points made above.

CARE Act reauthorization, as always, requires the cooperation and participation of many entities including people living with HIV/AIDS; medical providers; national, regional, and local AIDS organizations; CARE Act grantees and program providers; Administration officials and Congress, etc. The AIDS Institute has worked cooperatively with these entities in the past and will continue to do so as the reauthorization process moves forward. It is in this spirit of cooperation and conversation that The AIDS Institute has provided this paper, and, in particular, the points of consideration made above.