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Illinois Aids Drug Assistance Program

Cash-Strapped States Cut Funding For HIV, AIDS Drugs

Washington Post | Posted 07.22.2011 | Politics
Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Drug Assistance Program, Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program, U.S. Economy, HIV Medications, Hiv/Aids Drugs Funding, Florida Aids Drug Assistance Program, Economy, HIV/AIDS Drugs, States Budget Crisis, Antiretroviral Drugs, States Budget Cuts, Politics News

Cash-strapped states are scaling back efforts to provide life-saving medicines to HIV patients. The result: more than 8,300 people -- a record numb...

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Governor Pat Quinn Saves AIDS Drugs Program From Illinois Budget Wreck

David Ormsby | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Governor Pat Quinn, Illinois Budget, Illinois Department of Public Health, Mark Ishaug, Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program, Illinois Politics, Chicago News, John Peller, Rev. Doris Green, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Lou Lang, Chicago News
David Ormsby

In the belching, burning wreckage of the Illinois budget, a survivor, miraculously, emerged. Pat Quinn announced today that state funding for the Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program would be spared.

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Advocates, Lawmakers Want Governor Pat Quinn to Reject Waiting List for People Needing HIV/AIDS Medication

David Ormsby | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Medical Issues Advisory Board, Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program, Illinois Department of Public Health, Mark Ishaug, Chicago News, Pat Quinn, David Munar, Greg Harris, Heather Steans, Illinois General Assembly, Doris Green, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Lou Lang, Sara Feigenholtz, Chicago News
David Ormsby

Let's hope Governor Quinn can scrape up the commitment and the $9.7 million out of a $25 billion budget to provide HIV/AID drugs to help keep people, your neighbors, alive.

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