© 2007 American Public Health Association DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.107573
Robert J. Buchanan is with the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Mississippi State University, Mississippi State. William Hatcher is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State. Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Robert J. Buchanan, PhD, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, PO Box PC, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762 (e-mail: rjb161{at}ps.msstate.edu).
President George W. Bush has proposed modest increases, when he has proposed any at all, in funding for the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act during his administration, and Congress has appropriated little funding increase since fiscal year 2004. Growing numbers of Americans living with HIV or AIDS, 40 000 people newly infected with HIV each year, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention–recommended efforts to identify people with undiagnosed HIV infection indicate an increasing need for services funded by CARE Act programs. Inadequate CARE Act funding harms the most vulnerable people with HIV.
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