Obama's Health Care Reform Act Of 2010 And HIV/AIDS

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The Affordable Care Act Supports Women -- Now We Must Support the Affordable Care Act: Reflections on the Importance of Health Care Reform for Women Living With HIV

Brook Kelly In January 2012, Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases (WORLD) and 16 other organizations led by Lambda Legal filed with the Supreme Court a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) .... Read more »

Health Care Reform and People With HIV/AIDS

President Obama has signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010 into law. Together they enact an historic health care reform plan, the first major overhaul of the health... Read more »

Action Alert: Sign On to Include LGBT Health in Obama's Health Care Reforms!

Fixing LGBT health requires more than just rainbow band aids Putting pressure on Obama and Congress to address the critical healthcare needs of LGBT Americans, the National Coalition for LGBT Health has developed "Guiding Principles for... Read more »

Ask the Experts

Health care's weak reforms (HEALTH CARE REFORM, 2009)

Dr. Bob, I am a student and am currently uninsured. Considering that the fact that there are several people in my position, how can you be so supportive of the democratic party and their weak reforms to the financing of the United States health care...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,I understand your frustrations and agree the current health care reform bills making their way through Congress are far from ideal. Personally, I would have opted for a single payer system. That said, there is also reality to deal with. No doubt... Read more »

woohoo with a caveat (PRO-LIFE = HEALTH CARE REFORM, 2010)

my risk was only minor (unprotected oral) but obviously as in many others it caused a panic.and it has taught me so many valuable lessons.i come from a conservative religious christian background, and i have still maintained my faith after all this....

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,WOO-HOO! Excellent news! Thank you for your very warm comments and your donation to The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation (www.concertedeffort.org). Both are very much appreciated. Your one gift will touch many lives in desperate need. On... Read more »

Universal health care (HEALTH CARE REFORM, 2009)

Not a question, but a comment on a previous one.I live in the UK whose National Health Service has recently been the subject of comparison with the US private/insurance-based health provision. Whilst I do not claim that our NHS is perfect (and what...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Thank you for sharing your real life experience. I hope it will diffuse some of the scare tactics that the insurance companies and rightwing Republicans have used to confuse and vilify the issue of health care reform here in the U.S.Dr.... Read more »

HIV is HIV - is what is is..isn't it? Obama (TRAVEL BAN, 2010)

Hi Doc!!HIV is what is is: an incredible danger. Why, then, are some body fluids more infectious than others? If a person has got HIV, than they've got HIV and that's it! Anything can be infectious! The virus in the blood is still the same...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,You are incredibly misinformed abut HIV/AIDS on multiple levels. Fact: Not all bodily fluids are infectious for HIV. Sweat, tears, nasal mucous, urine, vomitus and feces that do not contain visible blood are not considered infectious for HIV!... Read more »

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How to fight HIV - Public Health Reform

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

http://www.monthlyreview.org/nfte0904.htm
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~josephwd/Cuba/delaVega.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2014854&dopt=Abstract

Many won't like this but I think... Read more »

Ryan White Care Act - Revisions?

Posted by Survivor, 1 Reply

U.S. Senate Committee Approves Major Revisions to Ryan White
CARE Act

A U.S. Senate committee voted 19-1 to approve a bill that would change the
Ryan White CARE Act by allocating more federal HIV funding to southern and
rural states, a move that... Read more »

the ryan white care act,being revised,the worst

Posted by alivehoping, 1 Reply

i ask that everyone of us that are here and everyone we know write any and everyone in government to make sure the new bill thats being put up wont pass,it will deprive all people with hiv/aids to lose alot of what we are getting now.the doc i used... Read more »

you can get health care even if you have aids/hiv

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

there is finally a company that offers health care for anyone even if you aids or hiv. you can have a history of stock or heart attack and still get this coverage. they pay up to 80% of you doctir, dentist, or hospital bills. call 1-866-798-2156... Read more »

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