Net Present Value: Over 1600 people waiting for HIV medication in the US

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Wednesday, July 28, 2004

Over 1600 people waiting for HIV medication in the US

One of the boards I serve on, Project Inform, has been instrumental in lobbying the California state government to fund the California version of the AIDS Drugs Assistance Program (ADAP) that helps those without insurance to pay for life-saving HIV medication.

But the numbers are growing across the country while this White House gives lip service to helping people with HIV abroad. We need to help Americans first and then make sure we help others around the world. Right now it seems like we're doing neither as we fight a costly war instead. According to this Advocate story:

The number of people on waiting lists nationwide for AIDS Drug Assistance Programs has jumped by nearly 400 people since April, up to 1,629 as of the beginning of June, according to the latest "ADAP Watch" released Monday by the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors. "We are alarmed to see the number of people on waiting lists for medications through ADAPs rise in such a short period of time," NASTAD executive director Julie Scofield said in a press statement.

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