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“The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) today announces the circulation of a petition urging the U.S. Congress to address the growing disparities in healthcare for Hispanics living with HIV/AIDS in the United States by supporting the prompt reauthorization and modernization of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act in 2006.
Hispanics now make up one-fifth of all people living with HIV/AIDS in America, and that number is rising.
HIV/AIDS increasingly affects those Hispanics living and working along the U.S. – Mexico border and in non-urban areas of the heartland where little or no health insurance and inadequate health care options are available to them. We believe reform begins with both Title’s I & II of the Ryan White CARE Act.“We urge our members and supporters to send a clear message to Congress with this petition that it needs to alleviate the disparities in the CARE Act for HIV positive Hispanics living and working in the U.S.,” said Dr. Gabriela D. Lemus, LULAC Director of Policy and Legislation. “The Ryan White program must be improved so that all Hispanics can gain access to life sustaining treatment and healthcare.” The petition will be delivered to members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee. “
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