{"id":1952,"date":"2010-05-23T09:39:04","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T14:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/?p=1952"},"modified":"2010-05-23T09:41:55","modified_gmt":"2010-05-23T14:41:55","slug":"rally-to-restore-hiv-funding-may-25-at-state-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/23\/rally-to-restore-hiv-funding-may-25-at-state-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Rally to restore HIV funding May 25 at State House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bambi Gaddist, SCHACCTF Chair
\nGwen Bampfield, SCHACCTF Co-Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have been\u00a0informed by Rep. Joe Neal that once more, health care will sustain\u00a0another blow.\u00a0We thought most HIV\/AIDS providers\u00a0were aware that the House have retaliated for losing support\u00a0of a veto for $20 million in new fees to support the states court system. However, after conversations with several in AIDS\u00a0leadership we realized that our assumptions are incorrect.\u00a0This may explain why we haven’t received communications from AIDS leadership expressing concern or proposing strategies to combat what could be interpreted as\u00a0benign neglect from some of our states leadership.<\/p>\n

The State<\/a> newspaper on Thursday morning spelled it out\u00a0to the world–\u00a0so we assumed everyone knew that\u00a0ALL\u00a0ADAP and HIV prevention\u00a0has been eliminated from the House amended budget presented Wednesday. Other cuts include loss of support for\u00a0state health insurance programs for low-income children, new restrictions on medications funded by Medicaid, and elimination of cancer screenings and kidney disease prevention round out this reality.<\/p>\n

We know that the Senate takes up the new House proposal on Tuesday, May 25. Rep. Neal noted that\u00a0this moment is where the “rubber meets the road.” Either we are prepared to sacrifice today or as I was told, “we can’t come crying later.” Rep. Neal made it crystal clear that we\u00a0either “show up and show out” or in my words-be prepared to deal with the realities if the House budget amendment passes. I appeal to the Task Force, college students, community citizens to come out on Tuesday, May 25, 9am to noon outside the State House.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have been told to gather our own constituents once more. We must\u00a0plead for sacrifices to be made to attend on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

We\u00a0call on all AIDS Directors, Task Force members, faith leaders, health officials, physicians, and community citizens to make the ultimate sacrifice to attend Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

As of yesterday, DHEC says our count is\u00a0112 individuals on the SC Wait List. All should be breaking down the doors of the House and Senate.\u00a0 We hear frequently about advocates and PWA’s in northern and western states who stage rallies in support of HIV\/AIDS. We ask that we all make every effort to bring our voice on Tuesday as we proud southerners demonstrate our ability to make a difference in our own lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bambi Gaddist, SCHACCTF Chair Gwen Bampfield, SCHACCTF Co-Chair We have been\u00a0informed by Rep. Joe Neal that once more, health care will sustain\u00a0another blow.\u00a0We thought most HIV\/AIDS providers\u00a0were aware that the House have retaliated for losing support\u00a0of a veto for $20 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,9],"tags":[94],"class_list":["post-1952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-network-newsevents","category-sc-newscommentary","tag-hiv-funding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1952"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1955,"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952\/revisions\/1955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}