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National Call-in Day is Wednesday, May 26, 2010
AIDS Drug Assistance Programs provide medications to over 166,000 individuals. Unfortunately, many state ADAPs have been forced to put in place barriers to access such as reducing the eligibility, changing the formulary, and closing enrollment. Over 1,000 individuals in ten states are on waiting lists to receive their life-saving and life-sustaining medications through this program. Without immediate additional funding the situation is going to get much worse.
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO ENSURE THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND CONGRESS TAKES ACTION TO HELP THOSE IN NEED!!
How You Can Help:
Please call your Elected Officials on Wednesday, May 26th. We ask that you call President Obama, your two Senators and your Representative.
1. Call the White House at 202-456-1111 and leave the following message for President Obama:
My name is ______ and I am calling today to ask that President Obama take action to address the current crisis in AIDS Drug Assistance Programs. These programs provide life-saving medications to HIV-positive individuals who have no other access to care. However, over 1,000 HIV-positive individuals are on waiting lists to receive their medications. Action must be taken to ensure that ADAP clients can receive their medications and the situation does not get any worse.
2. Call your Senator (see contact information below) and leave the following message:
My name is __________ and I am writing today to urge Senator __________ to take action to address the current crisis among AIDS Drug Assistance Programs. These programs provide life-saving medications to HIV-positive individuals who have no other access to care. However, over 1,000 HIV-positive individuals are on waiting lists in ten states to receive their medications, and the situation is going to get much worse if there are no additional immediate resources. Many other states have reduced eligibility or removed drugs from their formularies. Please support all efforts to increase resources to ADAP in order to help people living with HIV/AIDS.
Call toll-free to voice your support: 1.800.828.0498. When you reach the Capitol Switchboard, ask to be connected to your Senator. If you have trouble getting through with the toll-free number, you can use the regular switchboard number: 1.202.224.3121.
You can also look up your Senator to find a direct contact number at: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_info...enators_cfm.cfm
3. Call your Representative (see contact information below) and leave the following message:
My name is __________ and I am writing today to urge Representative __________ to take action to address the current crisis among AIDS Drug Assistance Programs. These programs provide life-saving medications to HIV-positive individuals who have no other access to care. However, over 1,000 HIV-positive individuals are on waiting lists in ten states to receive their medications, and the situation is going to get much worse if there are no additional immediate resources. Many other states have reduced eligibility or removed drugs from their formularies. Please support all efforts to increase resources to ADAP in order to help people living with HIV/AIDS.
Call toll-free to voice your support: 1.800.828.0498. When you reach the Capitol Switchboard, ask to be connected to your House Representative. If you have trouble getting through with the toll-free number, you can use the regular switchboard number: 1.202.224.3121.
You can also look up your Representative to find a direct contact number at:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt
4. Foward this information to everyone you know.
PLEASE TAKE ACTION TO HELP SAVE LIVES FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
Together We Remain Strong!
