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Ryan White Act Passes House, Obama to Sign


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The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act by a vote of 408-9, sending the bill to President Barack Obama’s desk.
 
The Senate approved the legislation last week and the president is expected to sign it based on a Statement of Administration Policy that encouraged passage of the legislation.
 
The bill -- a product of bipartisan, bicameral compromise -- will fund critical HIV/AIDS treatment and some prevention programs through 2013 at about $2.5 billion annually, a 5% increase for all sections of the act.
 
The program helps about 500,000 mostly low-income and uninsured people living with AIDS/HIV annually, according to the Government Accountability Office.
 
Democratic House speaker Nancy Pelosi of California hailed the legislation’s passage. “Today, Ryan White–funded initiatives are a fundamental component of the systems of care upon which low-income individuals with HIV and AIDS rely,” Pelosi said in a statement. “The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act continues our commitment to hundreds of thousands of low-income people living with HIV/AIDS.  In doing so, we will save lives, save money, and help create a healthier America.”

The Ryan White CARE Act, named after a teenager who contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion, was originally passed in 1990 and has since been extended three times.

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Reader Comments
  • Name: James
    Date posted: 10/22/2009 2:29:05 AM
    Hometown: Irvine

    Comment:

    Voting no: Rep. Kevin Brady (R- Texas) 1-877-441-5700 Rep. Paul Broun (R- Georgia) (202) 225-4101 Rep. John Duncan (R-Tennessee) 202-225-5435 Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Arizona) (202) 225-2635 Rep. Virginia Foxx (R- North Carolina) (202) 225-2071 Rep. Louie Gohmert (R- Texas) 202.225.3035 Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R- Wyoming) (202) 225-2311 Rep. Ron Paul (R- Texas) (202) 225-2831 Rep. Ted Poe (R- Texas) (866) 425-6565

  • Name: Dan
    Date posted: 10/21/2009 9:00:55 PM
    Hometown: Austin, Texas

    Comment:

    I'm sure this act was highly controversial when it was first proposed, with conservatives warning that it would destroy society and expose everyone to AIDS. By now, it passes easily. This will eventually be true of other nondiscrimination measures too. As more of them pass, people will realize that the sky hasn't fallen. The first measures are difficult. I hope everyone will urge their congress members to pass ENDA and the Matthew Shepard Act, and to repeal DADT and DOMA - and urge Obama to actively campaign for those protections. After this, it will get easier. I think ENDA will make the biggest difference, because it will allow people to come out all over the country, will make other laws like housing protections much less threatening, and will change court rulings by making LGBT people a class that is protected from discrimination.

  • Name: Owen
    Date posted: 10/21/2009 5:56:55 PM
    Hometown: W. Hollywood

    Comment:

    Only republicans voted against this.



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