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Did you know that President Obama?s new budget will spend an additional $27.2 billion for the benifit of HIV/AIDS patients in 2011?

The CDC estimates14,110 AIDS deaths in 2007 in the USA. However, when each state was polled, the total was ?only? 9,995. In either case, the grim reaper allocation is over $225,000 per death.

Cardiovascular Disease kills 864,000 every year, yet receives over 1/2 Billion less than AIDS with $26 spent on behalf of each CVD patient

Diabetes kills more Americans than AIDS and breast cancer combined, yet the NIH spends only $42 on each diabetic

Alzheimer?s Disease kills 3.3 times more than AIDS, yet the NIH spends only $124 on each patient with Alzheimer?s Disease

Parkinson?s Disease death rate similar to AIDS yet the NIH spends $92 on each patient

Prostate cancer kills 2 times more than AIDS, yet the NIH spends only $171 on each patient with prostate disease

Hepatitis C (HCV) kills 12,000, yet the NIH spends only $23 on each HCV patient

Hepatitis B (HBV) kills 5,000, yet the NIH spends only $43 on each HBV patient

The flu (influenza) on average, now kills almost 4+ times more than AIDS. Flu: $327 million AIDS: $2.3 Billion

COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Dis.) = over 126,000 deaths yet the NIH spends only $7 on each patient

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) estimated deaths at 2,250. HIV/AIDS under 13 = thirteen deaths.

Does that allocation of funding seem fair to you? It doesn?t to me, and I?m sure he doesn?t to all those folks who suffer from illnesses that take many more lives each year than aids. If you want more information on these disproportinent allocations ? visit:

The FAIR Foundation at: http://www.fairfoundation.org

They have all the CDC and NIH numbers parsed out so that they make sense. Of course, if you don?t trust their analysis they give you links directly to the CDC and NIH where that got their numbers and were you can get the raw data and crunch the numbers for yourself.

[Ufkkrxcq]

This is appalling. Thank you for posting it. I knew funding for COPD was bad, but $7.00 per patient for a disease that is the number 3 cause of death in the U.S. is atrocious. I wonder if politicians ever pay attention to facts and scientific data. It seems they don't and just legislate willy nilly. I don't know what else to call it.

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Although it is appalling that so much is spent on HIV/AIDS, it is not surprising. Those who are prone to contract those diseases have a lot of political clout (and they know that they are prone to contract them). Those of us who have "regular" diseases have no political clout, and we are not organized, not the least of which reasons is that most of us do not know that we are prone to whatever malady will afflict us.

In addition, I have stated my opinion of the Obama administration, and I stand by it still. He and most other politicians are not legislating "willy nilly," but are using their legislative powers to cater to those who can help them politically and financially.

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Jc

I agree with you. I suspect that COPD doesn't get much attention because most of us are unable to march in Washington nor able to get to Congress to testify on our behalf. It's strange how people with COPD are blamed for their illness while many others are caused by behavior and diet seem to get a pass. We all know that COPD is cause by a faulty gene and if you happen to smoke and inherited that gene you have a much higher risk. I read it increases your risk to 54%. I have siblings who still smoke and yet show no signs of COPD while my sister and I both have it.