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Put the choice out to millions suffering out there globally with hiv / aids and or other STD's. There is NO global fund where we the sufferers that can afford to, can pool our contribution to see the end to a problem which is spreading faster than the experts and polititians think or know. Most of us did not ask to be infected, like the flu you can get it if in the wrong place and the wrong time. I contracted from a decent divorced woman, whose ex husband slept around. If governments do not care (other than for our vote), well then its simple they have signed the death warrants for those who got it and the millions still to innocently acquire it (Almighty i pray that it does not happen). This virus is mutating faster than funds and research can keep up with. If a functional cure can be found for HIV then it opens up unlimited similar functional cures for other STD's
It's a pretty simple choice in November, really. Although this blogger is far less blunt than me. Choice A) Health care is a right. Choice B) If you aren't working full time to make the 1 percent's wealth greater, you are not needed on this planet, by simply denying you access to care, we save Billions on trains and ovens.
John
I find this article to be too narrowly focused and without any real answers. If we put all our eggs in the Afordable Care Act basket, we may very well be mightily disappointed. Sure, we can then blame Republicans. However, that gets us nowhere. We need to look at alternative's beyond "Obama Care" that can get us where we need to be. Questions we need to ask are: How do we keep SS disability fully funded in a sustainable manner so that those with AIDS and can not work recieve some sort of income? What strategies do we have to increase HIV drug adherance? Mutation need not be a problem if we can get a very high adherance rate. There are many people with access to care, who simply do not take their drugs. How do we ensure that state legislatures fully fund HIV care to remove the ADAP waiting list? This requires states to make tough budgetting decisions so they get out of their massive debt. How can we make the cost of care cheaper? My drugs, before insurance pays, are $2500 per month. That is an awful burden for society to pick up. In short, there are many more ways to acheive our goals than to place all our Eggs in the ACA basket.
January 17, 2012