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Woman Denied Health Care Insurance After Rape Tells Her Story (Video)
huffingtonpost.com 10/27/2009 — Christina Turner was drugged and raped by two men in 2002. After taking anti-HIV drugs prescribed by her doctor as a preventative measure, Turner was denied health insurance. The HIV drugs, Turner was told, raised too many health questions for her ...
The Presidential Planner
blogs.abcnews.com 10/30/2009 — ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: This morning, President Obama will sign the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009, providing funding for low-income people with HIV/AIDS. This is an extension of the 1990 Ryan White Care Act, which was...
Obama Lifts Ban on Visitors With HIV
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 10/30/2009 — In signing the latest reauthorization of the Ryan White Act for AIDS funds, President Obama signaled that the nation would no longer prohibit people with HIV/AIDS from visiting the United States.
Obama Lifts HIV Travel/Immigration Ban —
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"The United States is one of a dozen countries that bar people with HIV from entering the country," Obama said as he announced the lifting of the U.S. policy banning travel and immigration to the U.S. by people who are HIV-positive.
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Obama ends HIV travel and immigration ban —
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President Obama announced today that he'll end the travel and immigration ban on HIV-positive individuals. The ban was implemented in 1987. Obama announced the decision at a signing ceremony for the Ryan White Act, which funds HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs. Opponents of the ban had ...
Obama On Ending The HIV Ban —
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
His remarks: A couple of years ago Michelle and I were in
Africa and we tried to combat the stigma when we were in Kenya by taking a
public HIV/AIDS test. And I'm proud to announce today we're about to take
another step towards ending that stigma.
Twenty-two years ago, in a ...
White House announces end to HIV travel ban —
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Updated 12:14 p.m. By Garance Franke-Ruta President Obama called the 22-year ban on travel and immigration by HIV-positive individuals a decision "rooted in fear rather than fact" and announced the end of the rule-making process overturning the ban. The president signed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS ...
Free At Last —
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
The president just announced that as of Monday, the ban on HIV-positive visitors, tourists and immigrants will formally come to an end. There are 60 days before the new rule comes into effect. But after that, people with HIV will be treated in exactly the same way as any other person with a ...
A Generation Free of HIV —
Huffington Post
This past February, I traveled to Tanzania to film a documentary about the fight to eradicate pediatric AIDS and create a generation free of HIV. The documentary focuses on the programs of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, which is commemorating its twentieth year fighting this ...
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