REP. ENGEL BILL WOULD GIVE EARLY TREATMENT FOR HIV
August 02, 2007
August 02, 2007
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Eliot L. Engel, D-N.Y. (17th CD), issued the following news release:
Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY), Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) introduced legislation Thursday to give states the option to extend Medicaid coverage to low income individuals with the HIV virus before it advances to full-blown AIDS. Currently, most lower-income persons must first become disabled by AIDS before they can receive Medicaid provided . . .
Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY), Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) introduced legislation Thursday to give states the option to extend Medicaid coverage to low income individuals with the HIV virus before it advances to full-blown AIDS. Currently, most lower-income persons must first become disabled by AIDS before they can receive Medicaid provided . . .