Medications
ADAP Update-AIDS Drug Wait List Hits Over 9,000+
This is a continuing story of the ADAP CRISIS in America.
As of Sept. 8, the wait list to receive lifesaving AIDS medication through the nation’s AIDS Drug Assistance Programs had hit 9,066 people across 11 states.
This is an increase of over 5,000% since August 2009. OVER 5,000% people. AIDS Drug Assistance Programs are the state and federally funded programs that provide medication to low and middle-income people living with HIV. HIV/AIDS drugs can cost tens of thousands of dollars a year, so ADAP is a critical lifeline. This is unacceptable from a Country that is a World Leader like the US.
In the last two years, increasing numbers of people have tried to enroll in these programs, due in large part to increasing unemployment. However, states have less moneyto give to their ADAPs. Virginia has 957 HIV/AIDS clients on this wait list that started in November 2010. Unless the Government makes changes, AIDS related deaths with increase without medication. Let your voice be heard & contact your local Congressional Representative. We’re talking about peoples lives here not just numbers on a accountants spread sheet.
Tom Thayer
source;http://www.housingworks.org/advocate/detail/adap-watch-aids-drug-wait-list-hits-9066
Tagged ADAP Crisis, ADAP Fails, ADAP wait list, AIDS, AIDS Drug Assistance Program, AIDS drug wait list, AIDS Response Effort Inc, ARE, Federal Funding AIDS, Government cutbacks AIDS funding, HIV, Virginia ADAP, Virginia AIDS, Virginia HIV+

