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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / AIDS / November 2009HIVAIDS funding cuts
Here's another article bitching about HIVAIDS funding cuts. I particular like the quote from Mulhern-Pearson, who appears to be complaining the cuts will lead to California losing its status as the US' HIVAIDS capital. <http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/013885.html>: ----- Begin Quote ----- Mulhern-Pearson, the director of state and local affairs at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, has been working to organize protests and raise public awareness since Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's line-item veto cut a majority of funding to AIDS programs. [...] "It's disheartening to see California do this, when we were pretty much at the forefront of the epidemic," Mulhern-Pearson said. "We were the leaders and it's really sad to see how far we've been set back. ----- End Quote -----  Signature<http://www.hiv-poz.co.uk/> 14 years, 9 months and 24 days. > Here's another article bitching about HIVAIDS funding cuts. > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > ----- End Quote ----- I've long advocated strict funding limits for HIV/AIDS programs, as an incentive for health officials to contain the disease instead of promoting it in hopes of increasing their budgets. The current funding model has perverse incentives, by increasing funding for each new HIV patient added to the system. My proposal would be to set a fixed budget, forcing health officials to treat all HIV/AIDS cases within that budget, and allowing them to keep whatever money is left over. No longer would the health department allow highly promiscuous patients to roam free to spread their virus, adding new patients that would deplete the treatment budget. "Martin" <martin@hiv-poz.co.uk> wrote in message > <http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/arts/013885.html>: > > "It's disheartening to see California do this, when we were pretty > much at the forefront of the epidemic," Mulhern-Pearson said. "We were > the leaders and it's really sad to see how far we've been set back. sounds like the same cry from ACORN, lol. |
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