News 2011
Despite Deep Divisions, Health Law Will Eventually Win Over Public
It may be difficult to see from here, but there is little doubt that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will eventually take its rightful place alongside the most cherished social programs such as Social Security and Medicare. Yes, it must first pass judicial review and get fully funded and implemented. And based on the current divisions in the country over the law, it has a ways to go before it achieves this exalted status. But the law's passage is a tribute to the perseverance, leadership and courage of those who worked to pass it -- especially then Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who found a way to herd enough cats to secure passage.
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The Health Debate Is Far From Over; Will Be Cornerstone Issue In 2012
The curious incident of the dog in the night was the crucial clue for Sherlock Holmes in solving the mystery in "Silver Blaze." The guard dog simply did not bark -- the absence of what one might have expected, being the most revelatory event.
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Institute of Medicine Releases Report on Health Care System Capacity for Increased HIV Testing and Provision of Care
Today, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its third and final report in a project commissioned by the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP). Entitled “HIV Screening and Access to Care: Health Care System Capacity for Increased HIV Testing and Provision of Care,” the report examines the current capacity of the health care system to administer a great number of HIV tests and accommodate new HIV diagnoses.
Black Treatment Advocates Network (BTAN) HIV Education and Literacy Program (H.E.L.P)
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- link Black Americans with HIV into care and treatment
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Preparing for PrEP, A Conservative Governor Walks the Talk, and more
Earlier this year at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention convened a day-long meeting to discuss pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP. The Black AIDS Institute also convened a forum in which we examined PrEP as it relates to Black gay and bisexual men. In this issue Rod McCullom pens the first of a two-part series about the promise and problems of PrEP.
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