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US Senator Tammy Baldwin introduces bill to improve access to HIV/AIDS care
US Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin wants people with HIV/AIDS to have better access to health care.
So on Tuesday (29 September), the first out lesbian to be elected to the US Senate introduced the HIV Clinical Services Improvement Act aimed at helping clinics deliver high-quality care to those living with the disease.
Baldwin points out that more than 50,000 Americans become newly infected with HIV. In her home state of Wisconsin, there are an estimated 8,200 people living with HIV.
‘HIV/AIDS remains a public health crisis in our country and despite medical advances, people living with HIV still face significant physical, emotional, and financial burdens to quality health care,’ Baldwin stated.
If passed into law, the bill would strengthen Ryan White Part C clinics which provide comprehensive HIV care to over 275,000 people a year.
White was an Indiana teenager who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS after being expelled from middle school because of his infection. He died in 1990 at the age of 18.
Baldwin made history in January 2013 when she became the first openly gay person to be sworn into the US Senate. She was previously the first non-incumbent gay person elected to the US House of Representatives and had also been the first lesbian elected to the Wisconsin Assembly.
Late last year, Baldwin led a coalition of federal lawmakers who called on the US government to end its lifetime ban on gay men donating blood.
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