Increased Federal Funding

HIVMA encourages a comprehensive response to HIV/AIDS in the United States through adequate funding for HIV research, prevention, care, treatment and provider training and resources.

HIVMA's Latest Policy Activity on Increased Federal Funding

12/7/2012

IDSA-HIVMA letter to the Office of Management and Budget on funding priorities for FY2014

HIVMA and IDSA leaders weighed in with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on federal funding priorities for fiscal year 2014. The joint letter to the OMB urges sustained investments in ID and HIV research and public health activities; development of new drugs, vaccines and diagnostics; and provision of high quality health care to reduce health care costs while saving lives and improving quality of life.

9/10/2012

IDSA-HIVMA Letter Opposing Sequestration

HIVMA and IDSA leaders weighed in with Congress, urging action to prevent “sequestration”—across the board cuts to all federal agencies—from occurring before January 1, 2013. The letter highlights the devastating impact such cuts would have for the nation’s public health infrastructure and biomedical research enterprise, which have already borne a disproportionate share of budget cuts in recent years.

6/7/2012

HIVMA Comments in Advance of Committee Action on the Senate FY2013 LHHS and Education Appropriations Bill

HIVMA Board Chair, Dr. Judith A. Aberg, weighed in with Senate appropriators on behalf of HIVMA, in anticipation of Committee action on the Senate FY2013 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education appropriations bill next week. The letter urges the highest possible levels of funding for key domestic and international HIV/AIDS programs.

3/28/2012

Written Testimony to the House for Fiscal Year 2013 Appropriations

Testimony Submitted for the Record to the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies on FY 2013 Appropriations for HIV/AIDS Programs Submitted by the HIV Medicine Association

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8/1/2012

FY 2013 Appropriations for Federal HIV/AIDS Programs (PDF)

Compiled by The AIDS Institute.