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yesthattomEmergency Relief for State Medicaid: Urgent issue for people with HIV/AIDS!
Last month, two bills were introduced that would provide badly needed fiscal relief to state Medicaid programs. The Senate version, S. 2671, was authored by Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) and Gordon Smith (R-Oregon). If passed, the bill would give state Medicaid programs $4.8 billion over 15 months.
Medicaid is the single largest source of federal funding for HIV/AIDS.
Somewhere between 55 and 60 percent of people in the U.S. living with AIDS get their care, treatment, and medications through Medicaid. Last year, legislation passed by Congress sent $10 billion to states for temporary Medicaid relief, allowing many states to avoid drastic cuts and program changes. But that funding ended on July 1st and no further funding has been made available.
You can help secure additional funding for your state Medicaid program by asking your senators to co-sponsor S. 2671.
Click here to send a message to Washington:
New Jersey residents:
http://capwiz.com/njlgc/issues/alert/?alertid=6297851&type=CO
or if you are outside of NJ:
http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/statemedicaid
Last month, two bills were introduced that would provide badly needed fiscal relief to state Medicaid programs. The Senate version, S. 2671, was authored by Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) and Gordon Smith (R-Oregon). If passed, the bill would give state Medicaid programs $4.8 billion over 15 months.
Medicaid is the single largest source of federal funding for HIV/AIDS.
Somewhere between 55 and 60 percent of people in the U.S. living with AIDS get their care, treatment, and medications through Medicaid. Last year, legislation passed by Congress sent $10 billion to states for temporary Medicaid relief, allowing many states to avoid drastic cuts and program changes. But that funding ended on July 1st and no further funding has been made available.
You can help secure additional funding for your state Medicaid program by asking your senators to co-sponsor S. 2671.
Click here to send a message to Washington:
New Jersey residents:
http://capwiz.com/njlgc/issues/alert/?alertid=6297851&type=CO
or if you are outside of NJ:
http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/statemedicaid
