Tag: Congress
AIDS Watch 2013: Download the slides & handouts
AIDS Watch 2013 — the annual HIV/AIDS lobby day on Capitol Hill — kicked off February 25 in Washington, DC. AIDS United and Treatment Access Expansion Project organized the event. During AIDS Watch, advocates visited with over 150 members of Congress to urge them to maintain funding for Medicare and Medicaid, implement the Affordable Care [...]
Sequestration: What would it mean for HIV/AIDS services?
In December 2012, Congress avoided the impending fiscal cliff by postponing decisions on sequestration until March 1, 2013.That deadline is now fast approaching and no decisions have been made to avoid cuts to all designated programs. The AIDS Budget and Appropriations Coalition (ABAC) and Healthcare Access Working Group (HCAWG) wrote a letter to Congressional leaders [...]
Pledge to be a part of HIV Legislative Week!
Coming to Washington, D.C. for the International AIDS Conference? Be sure to visit your members of Congress and tell them why and how they must help us reach an AIDS-free generation! Pledge to be a part of HIV Legislative Week July 23-27. With tens of thousands of people in the nation’s capitol for the International [...]
Medicaid & HIV: On the Republican Chopping Block
Check out this video from the unstoppable Families USA, describing Republican plans for budget cuts that will impact Medicaid, a vital program for people with HIV. If a picture’s worth a thousand words, this video is worth, well, all the words in the Affordable Care Act. Here’s what Families USA has to say: Republican leaders [...]
Webinar Recording & Slides: Is no deal a good deal? Deficit Reduction, HIV Services & What Comes Next
Missed the Dec. 15, 2011 webinar on deficit reduction? Don’t worry – you can download the slides and watch the recording (BTW, the first speaker is Malinda Elwood of Harvard Law School Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation Treatment Access Expansion Project (TAEP)… the gremlins made us start the recording a little late!). The [...]
Candy Canes for Congress
We know some members of the U.S. House who are getting an extra candy cane in their stockings this year! We want to thank the over 50 House members who came together on December 5 and urged U.S. Department of Health and Human Service Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to address the needs of people with HIV [...]
Toolkit & presentation: What does deficit deduction really mean for people with HIV?
Deficit reduction is a major threat to low-income and vulnerable populations, including people with or at risk for HIV/AIDS. What does this mean for you? Deficit reduction could mean major cuts to programs that are critical to people living with HIV and AIDS including Medicaid and Medicare as well as other programs that support AIDS research, [...]