AIDS Issues Update:
Action Alert: Tell Congress to Pass Healthcare Reform Now!
Tell Congress to finish the job on health reform! This week Congress will be deciding whether to move forward with comprehensive health reform. We must send them a loud message from the HIV community that letting comprehensive health reform die is not an option! The HIV/AIDS Health Care Access Working Group has made it easy for you to weigh in to help make comprehensive reform a reality:
Sign a letter by Wednesday, February 3 that will be sent to the President and members of Congress
The HIV Health Care Access Working Group is circulating this letter far and wide to demonstrate strong support from the HIV community for doing what it takes to get the job done to pass comprehensive health reform. Anything less will leave health care out of reach for too many people with HIV and others with chronic conditions or individuals that live on low incomes. The letter supports passage of the Senate bill and using the reconciliation process to make improvements to the bill to make REAL reform a reality.
Also, sign onto this letter to e-mail Obama and your members of Congress!
People with AIDS in the United States are poorer than the general population and also less likely to have adequate health care. Forty-five percent of people with HIV/AIDS in the United States have incomes under $10,000 a year, and 50 percent lack regular medical coverage. The situation is even more dire for people with hepatitis C, who aren’t co-infected don’t have access to the Ryan White CARE Act safety net. While the Senate healthcare reform bill isn’t perfect, it’s an important step forward for universal coverage and better healthcare for people.
Together we can make healthcare reform a reality. It’s not too late!
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