Powerful Treatments Create Growing Rift Among AIDS Groups

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Powerful Treatments Create Growing Rift Among AIDS Groups

Wall Street Journal (12/20/96) P. A1
McGinley, Laurie

Abstract: The recent successes of new AIDS drugs have driven some patient advocates to call for a shift of funding away from social services toward drugs and treatment. The providers of these services, including transportation, housing, and counseling, are now desperate to maintain funding for their programs as a result. James Loyce Jr., director of AIDS Project Los Angeles, comments, "You can have the best medicines and medical services in the world, but if people can't get to the appointment, what good does it do to have a doctor sitting there someplace?" Providers also note that their services are still important, because the new drugs do not work for everyone and they might not have lasting efficacy. In explaining their position, advocates of increased funding for treatments say the service organizations have grown into massive bureaucracies that seek to perpetuate themselves.

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