Latino AIDS Action Coalition :: Latino Groups Across the Country Unite to Oppose Bush Administration’s AIDS Funding Plan

“More than 70 of our nation’s leading Latino HIV/AIDS service providers and advocates have come together under the umbrella of the Latino AIDS Action Coalition to oppose the Bush Administration’s proposed changes to the Ryan White CARE Act, the largest federal program for people living with HIV/AIDS. The Administration seeks to revise the Act’s funding formulas to shift money from localities disproportionately impacted by HIV/AIDS to states that have dedicated fewer resources to caring for their residents with HIV/AIDS. Under the proposed plans, localities with high HIV prevalence like New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey, Texas, Connecticut, the District of Colombia, Puerto Rico and others will suffer devastating cuts in funding for AIDS care and treatment.

Dennis deLeon, President of the Latino Commission on AIDS stressed that: “The Ryan White CARE Act was created to assist people living with HIV/AIDS that cannot afford to receive treatment on their own, a majority of which are Latinos and African-Americans. These are the people that will suffer if the proposed revisions to the CARE Act are enacted.”"

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