Vice President Al Gore Endorses Aids Action Medicaid Expansion InitiativeVice President Makes Medicaid Announcement after Receiving AIDS Action National Leadership Award
April 10, 1997 Contact: José Zuñiga
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"[Medicaid expansion] can ease suffering, it can increase hope, and it can get new drug therapies into the hands of people who need them," Gore said to the resounding approval of a sold-out crowd attending AIDS Action's seventh annual National Leadership Awards at The Lansburgh Theatre in Washington, D.C. Daniel Zingale, AIDS Action's executive director, hailed Gore's Medicaid expansion announcement as the result of an effective partnership between AIDS Action and the Clinton administration. "Beyond historic, Medicaid expansion to people with HIV who are not currently eligible will benefit thousands of people who would otherwise not be touched by the new hope that promising scientific advancements brings." "The response from Clinton administration officials was unequivocally supportive," said Christine Lubinski, AIDS Action's deputy executive director for programs. "Obviously, AIDS Action is excited that the administration will seek ways in which to implement this long-overdue measure. AIDS Action is anxious to work with HCFA and the OMB to ensure that no American is denied new hope."
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