U.S. AIDS Drug Assistance Program Funding: Viewpoints

The Devastating Impact of Sequestration on ADAP in the South (February 27, 2013)
Sequestration would leave thousands of people without access to life-saving medications.
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From National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors
Why We Need a Budget Deal Before January 1 (December 3, 2012)
In Positive Voice, from National Association of People With AIDS
Sequestration Would Cut $538 Million From Domestic HIV/AIDS Programs (September 19, 2012)
The AIDS Institute urges Congress and the president to find agreement to prevent devastating cuts.
From The AIDS Institute
Access to Treatment: A Blog Entry by Maria T. Mejia (August 7, 2012)
"Why aren't we being adherent and why of the 1.1 million Americans living with HIV, are only 25 percent virally suppressed? I guess I have to start with myself ..."
From The Well Project
House Health Spending Bill Shows Stark Differences Between President and Senate (July 18, 2012)
Proposes major increases for AIDS medications but large cuts for other programs.
From The AIDS Institute
The AIDS Institute Praises Florida Governor Rick Scott and Florida Legislature for Taking Steps to Support AIDS Drug Assistance Program (April 30, 2012)
Will help alleviate long wait list to receive medications.
From The AIDS Institute
The ADAP Recertification Process; the Frustration Mounts! Important: Make Sure All Your Contact Info Is Up to Date! A Blog Entry by Kevin Maloney (February 25, 2012)
"There is NO uniformity across ADAPs to this process. Individuals have been required to gather financial and health information, be denied for other programs first (Medicare/Medicaid) and provide the denial letters. Also no time frame exists as to when one must recertify. Is it 10 days, a month, or 6 weeks?"
From TheBody.com
What Would Anderson Cooper Say About the Promised ADAP Funding? A Blog Entry by Kevin Maloney (January 27, 2012)
"Did you know on the first day of American intervention in Libya it cost US tax payers 100 million dollars, and over the three month period from April – July a total of nearly 1 billion was spent on the war with Libya? Why will it take 7 months to distribute 35 million in reallocated HHS funds to states with people who continue to wait for the medicine they need?"
From TheBody.com
Action Alert: Ohioans Living With HIV/AIDS Need Our Help!!! A Blog Entry by Kevin Maloney (January 16, 2012)
"As goes Ohio, so could the nation. The Ohio Health Department is putting up a strong fight to lower the federal poverty limit. ... If that rule had gone into effect, it would mean in order to qualify for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program a single individual cannot make more than $10,890 a year."
From TheBody.com
Life-and-Death Power of AIDS Funding (October 13, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Op-Ed: ADAP and the Political Game -- Insight From Policy Newbies: A Blog Entry From Positive Policy (July 18, 2011)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
If AIDS Is Only 30, Why Do I Feel So Very Old? A Blog Entry by Thomas DeLorenzo (July 17, 2011)
"In spite of this virus that lurks in my body, I am capable of many great things. Don't pre-judge me just because I get to work harder at staying on this planet than you do. If you need to, give me some credit for what I have been through."
From TheBody.com
The Entire 2011 ADAP Conference in 9 Minutes! A Video Blog by Mark S. King (July 11, 2011)
"There was no shortage of passionate voices. But there were more than a few things on the conference agenda that really surprised and educated me -- and provided resources I never knew existed. … Attending conferences like this one is a privilege and a responsibility."
Where You At? The ADAP Crisis in America: A Blog Entry by Robert Breining (July 10, 2011)
"I feel that every human being should be given the treatment they need to live a happy life, regardless of what disease they have or how big their bank accounts are. ... We can sit here and point fingers but as a nation we need to stand up to all responsible and create a movement. We literally need to take the streets and fight for our lives."
From TheBody.com
The Worldwide AIDS Crisis Hits Home, Too: A Blog Entry by Carol Hyman (June 19, 2011)
"In some ways we have already won. Our message of hope is being heard far and wide and we aren’t shy about telling everyone we meet what we are doing."
From TheBody.com
From NAPWA: The ADAP Watch -- Why Can't We Find Funding? (June 17, 2011)
In Black AIDS Weekly, from Black AIDS Institute
Major Opinion on Major HIV/AIDS Crisis: A Blog Entry by Elizabeth Lombino (May 16, 2011)
"The [New York Times Op Ed] piece highlights recent research that found that HIV-positive individuals who were on antiretroviral medications from the time of their diagnosis (early treatment) were 96 percent less likely to pass on the disease than those who were not on early treatment. ... This research shows that to continue to cut funding to ADAPs is doing a huge disservice to those living with HIV/AIDS and to HIV prevention efforts."
From TheBody.com
Obama Budget for HIV/AIDS Show Increases; Republicans Plan Cuts: A Blog Entry by Kenyon Farrow (February 15, 2011)
From TheBody.com
AIDS Activism 101: Steps to End the ADAP Crisis -- A Blog Entry by Mark S. King (January 31, 2011)
"Activists held an 'emergency summit' this weekend to address the growing AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) crisis, and I'm taking you there. ... you'll learn about the panic over ADAP, and exactly what you can do to prevent thousands of AIDS patients from losing access to life saving medications."
From TheBody.com
N.C. Rep: Government Shouldn't Fund HIV Treatment for People "Living in Perverted Lifestyles" (January 13, 2011)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Scare the S*** Out of You: Comparing the AIDS Crisis of the 1980s to the ADAP Crisis of Today -- A Blog Entry by Paul A. Kawata (September 7, 2010)
From National Minority AIDS Council

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