"AIDS Commission Blasts Government's Inaction"

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"AIDS Commission Blasts Government's Inaction"

Bay Area Reporter (12/21/89) Vol. 19, No. 51, P. 16/1
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Abstract: A preliminary report was submitted to President Bush more than nine months early by the National Commission on AIDS, criticizing the government's failure to respond to the needs of Americans faced with HIV infection and the AIDS epidemic. "The testimony we recently heard on health care and financing was so compelling we felt it is vital to write to you now, rather than wait until our statutorily required annual report next August," wrote commission Chair Dr. June E. Osborn and commission Vice-Chairman Dr. David E. Rogers in a letter to Bush that accompanied the report. The commission noted that AIDS is reaching crisis proportions and it believes that "it is time to match rhetoric with action." The report states that the lack of adequate access to health care to those affected by the disease is one major problem that the government needs to devote more time. %Index Terms:

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