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take it to the state at the governor'sChristmas tree lighting in harrisburg! Fair increases in Medicaid reimburse-ments for HIV/AIDS services, on par withNew York or New Jersey. Improvements to the Special Pharma-ceutical Benefits Program, including pay-ments for viral load tests. Automatic access to HIV/AIDS special-ists for HMO clients. Training on the latest standard of HIV treat-ment for health care workers across the state

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W H Y D O E S T H E Commonwealth pay as much as 5 0 % less for Medicaid services than New York?W H Y D O W E H A V E to fight tooth an d nail every year tosave B etak? W H Y D O W E O N L Y have 45beds of skilled AIDS nursing care in the entire state? W H Y WIL L EVERY ONE soon be forced intoHMO's when studies conducted by the State an d even theRepublican-controlled Congressional BudgetOffice have finally admitted that HMOs don't really save money? W H Y D O W E GIVE public health dol-

. J a r s ^ a J i M f l i ^ t h o u j u < ^ i m g - 4 h e m 4 f l ^ ^a statewidT standard of"care" for ' people 'with HIV /AIDS, an d training" for practitioners? W H Y D O E SO U R state continually under-publicize its prescription assistance program for people with HIV/AIDS?W H Y C A N ' T T H E SPBP program pay for cutting edge procedures such as viral load tests and HumanGrowth Hormone for w asting like other states? W H A T A R E W E G O I N G T O D O A B O U T I T ?

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loin t h e R e a l T r e a t m e n t s f o r R e a l P e o p le C a m p a i g n ,a '"'national grass roo ts e f fo r t coo rd ina te d by A C T UP Ph ilade lph ia tha t isf o r c i n g t h e g o v e r n m e n t to s tudy non-d rug company t rea tments and p ract ices already used byp e o p le w i t h H I V / A I D S .

B e a p a r t o f o u r L e g i s la t iv e W a t c h , which keeps an eye on Washi ng ton and Ha r r i sbu rg . We a re wo rk i ng ha rd to knock the w ind ou t ofRepubl ican e f for ts to cut money for serv ices and research.

G e t in vo lv ed w i t h t h e A C T U P W o m e n ' s N e t w o r k , w h i c h w o r k sto defeat leg is la t ive ca l ls for m a n d a t o r y t e s t i n g a n d n am e s r e p o r t i n g ofp r e g n a n t w o m e n for HIV, to f o r c e d r u g c o m p a n i e s a n d t h e g o v e r n m e n tt o i n c l u d e w o m e n in s t u d i e s of p o t e n t i a l l y l if e - s a v in g d r u g s , a n d fort h e e m p o w e r m e n t of a l l H I V + wo m e n .

F i g h t f o r D e c e n t P W A H e a l t h C a r e , as we launch an exiting sta tewide campa ign form a j o r r e f o r m in publ ic heal th pol icy. W e a re f igh t ing toi nc rease Med i ca id re imbu rse me n ts , w in be t te r co n t ro l ove r the H M O sthat increasing ly have power over our hea lth , t r a in m o re do c to rs to t r e a tHIV, and to expand the s ta te p rescr ip t ion coverage .

K i c k s o m e r i g h t - w i n g b o o t y : whenever the b igo ts , ' fund ies ' , and mora lau tho r i t a r i ans come to t own , we ' l l be the re to make their v is i t as unpleasan t fo r them as it isTor us.

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