copy of Aids Drug assistance plan form letterHere is a

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Here is a copy of the ADAP form letter. Please print this and share it with

your friends and family. I don't know why I didn't think of this before.

Thanks Kathleen.

 

 

Thank you all very much

MAKE A HAPPY MEMORY EVERY DAY:

Evelyn

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February 26, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Representative _________________:

 

 

 

I am writing to urge you to support an emergency supplemental appropriation of

$180 million for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) for Fiscal Year 2004.

 

 

 

As you know, ADAP, funded under Title II of the Ryan White CARE Act, provides

access to treatment for low-income people living with HIV/AIDS who are uninsured

or lack adequate prescription drug coverage. It is the final safety net for

Americans who have no other means of accessing HIV medications, and a lifeline

for approximately 90,000 clients every month.

 

 

 

Many state ADAP programs, however, are facing financial difficulties and are

unable to meet the needs of those who depend on the program. According to the

National Alliance of States and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), as of

January 2004, 15 states have implemented restrictions to treatment access,

including waiting lists of nearly 800 people in ten states. Eleven more states

are anticipating new or additional restrictions this year.

 

 

 

Meanwhile, the number of people depending on ADAP continues to grow. The Bush

Administration has strongly encouraged all Americans to learn their HIV status,

and by implementing policies such as the approval and dissemination of the rapid

HIV test, the numbers of people being tested are growing. Many of these new HIV

cases are people who are disproportionately uninsured and low-income and need

safety net programs such as ADAP to access treatment that will keep them healthy

and productive.

 

 

 

Congress has approved a $35 million increase for ADAP for FY 2004 in the Omnibus

Appropriations Bill. While this increase is appreciated, it falls well short of

the $215 million increase identified by treatment experts as needed to alleviate

the current ADAP crisis. Therefore, I urge you to also support the remaining

$180 million. In addition I urge you to support the highest funding possible

for the entire Ryan White Care Act and other vital HIV/AIDS programs in the next

appropriations process.

 

 

 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

 

 

____________________________

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Where is the money coming from to fund this?

 

2004...More, More, More!

~~~Shelley~~~

There is M~O~R~E for me in 2004!

Manifestation~Order~Restoration~Expectation

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Shelley,

 

 

This is funded already by the government but they want to and have cut the

program in some states to the bone and have added waiting lists that are

ridiculous. In Greg's letter you will see that there are some states that are in

serious trouble and could lose the funding or have it made so difficult to get

it that it would be too late for a lot of people. Could someone wait for cancer

treatment for two years if they were put on a waiting list. AIDS is

devastating and the is no cure for it right now, just like cancer. But there are

innovative treatments and new medications being made available all the time. Is

it right to deny these life saving drugs that may save or give someone a quality

of life that is bearable. Or, should they just throw up their hands and say

" Well, I'm going to eventually die anyway so I may as well die earlier save the

government some money. " Why, when we spend billions to send a space shuttle

into space to find out there are rocks on the moon is it too much to ask for

funding for a program that will save lives. Greg would be dead now if it hadn't

been for this funding. This disease is sometimes so devastating that health

does not allow the person to hold down a job that provides medical insurance.

What do they do......... I know that there are people who need replacement

organs that wait for years and sometimes don't last long enough to receive one

but this is because of the unavailability or unsuitability of the organs. Do we

see someone die when the medications are readily available. Or do only those

who can afford what it costs get the thumbs up because they are able to pay the

$20,000 a month it costs. I know I am rambling on but I AM NOT willing to see

my son die so someone can sit on their butts in Washington and argue whether his

life is worth anything or wait for years for them to wade through their

bureaucratic bull sh*t<sh@t>. All the while, people are dying. This

disease is not just in the gay community. It covers every walk of life and

every corner of the USA. It is amazing the amount of research that has been

done and the medical treatments that have been developed in the last ten years

since AZT was the only option and if that didn't work then you just made out

your will and waited to die. I don't want to wait and see anyone die

unnecessarily. This is a mother's impassioned plea. Print out the form letter

and sign it, put it in the mail. Print out copies and give them to others to

sign. You just never know when the life you will be saving is one of your own.

 

Love to you all.

MAKE A HAPPY MEMORY EVERY DAY:

Evelyn

Alternasense Skin Design Products

www.alternasense.com<http://www.alternasense.com/>

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~Shelley~<shelleyslife

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Saturday, February 28, 2004 3:24 PM

Re: copy of Aids Drug assistance plan form

letterHere is a

 

 

Where is the money coming from to fund this?

 

2004...More, More, More!

~~~Shelley~~~

There is M~O~R~E for me in 2004!

Manifestation~Order~Restoration~Expectation