Right Now
Sep 26 2006
Ryan White CARE Act Reauthorization
The U.S. federal government spends more than $21 billion on HIV/AIDS annually, yet up to 59 percent of Americans with HIV are not in regular care and more than a quarter of those who are infected do not know it.
The Ryan White CARE Act is the nation’s largest HIV/AIDS specific support program (Total budget for fiscal year 2006 is $2.065 billion). The authorization for the CARE Act expired a year ago.
President Bush has repeatedly called on Congress to re-authorize this program and Senators Enzi and Kennedy have devised a balanced compromise with their House counterparts to renew and update this program that so many Americans with HIV/AIDS rely upon.
Reauthorization, however, is being held up by a few who have placed parochial political interests above the goal of ensuring fair and equitable funding and access to treatment for all Americans living with HIV.
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 9/26/06 | Current record |
| 9/26/06 | President Bush Signs Coburn/Obama Transparency Act |
