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News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbyJuly 1st, 2010
The economy is wiping out state and federal budgets for life-preserving AIDS meds, and the political will to solve the problem appears to be lacking. Nearly 1,800 people are now on waiting lists, a number that three years ago stood at zero. For some, things are getting hopeless:
Louisiana capped enrollment on June 1 but decided against keeping a waiting list. “It implies you’re actually waiting on something,” said DeAnn Gruber, the interim director of the state’s H.I.V./AIDS program. “We don’t want to give anyone false hope.”
…Scott Miller, 42, a northeast Florida truck driver who lost his health insurance in May along with his job, said he had never before sought assistance during five years with H.I.V. When his caseworker told him there was a waiting list, he asked what he was supposed to do.
“She just shrugged her shoulders and said, ‘I don’t know what to tell you,’ ” Mr. Miller said.
The ramifications are three-fold. First, obviously, is for the health of the person living with HIV. Secondly, without anti-retroviral medication holding HIV at bay, the virus may mutate into a form that is resistant to medications. This leaves the individual vulnerable to even more costly and less effective treatment down the road. And third, without anti-retroviral medicines keeping the individual’s viral load down — often to undetectable levels in the bloodstream — that person is now more infectious and more likely to pass the virus on to others.
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Anonymous
July 1st, 2010
I am want to help. Can I sponsor a prescription regimen for a person in need or should I donate to an AIDS charity fund?
AndrewB
July 1st, 2010
This is absolutely catastrophic. If this persists, expect to see HIV contagion rates skyrocket and re-enter the mainstream again. Those who don’t care may be made to care if / when this gets out of control. IMHO, a key component has been a desperate need to get Big Pharma to come down on their ridiculously high prices. Right now, someone without insurance could save $20k annually by flying to India, getting 12 months worth of medication, and flying back to the States. And, frankly, that might be my advice to the truck driver. Assuming, that is, that desperate people don’t start knocking over pharmacies or hijacking trucks.
Mark
July 1st, 2010
A few points:
1. We need to rethink our patent laws.
2. I see gay people spending millions on parties, vacations, eating out, gay pride festivals, etc. while others can’t afford medicine.
3. The government has plenty of money for the military and wars, all approved by St. Barack of Obama.
Kari
July 2nd, 2010
I put my energy in the political process of rethinking our patent laws, I use the saying “get rid of the patent system”.
Ben Mathis
July 2nd, 2010
Mark, while Obama certainly shares blame for continuing to fund the wars, let’s not pretend the US hasn’t had a giant military industrial complex for decades, funded mostly by republican presidents.
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