Eleven States Have Waiting Lists for AIDS Drugs [View All]

[Liberal Veteran]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) Apr 21 - More than 600 low-income AIDS patients in 11 U.S. states are on waiting lists for medicines as funding for assistance programs falls short, a report released on Wednesday said.

Ten other states have had to limit drug coverage or take other steps to control costs for their AIDS Drug Assistance Programs, or ADAPs.

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But 11 states had to close enrollment, leaving 627 patients as of March 2005 on waiting lists for prescription drugs to suppress the HIV virus that causes AIDS.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/503697

Not to put too fine a point on it, but if we can find 81 billion every year for Iraq, we can find the approximately 10 million dollars needed to make sure no one has to wait for HIV drugs.