Is the New National Strategy to Fight AIDS a Step Backwards?

Can we combat the spread of the virus without putting new resources toward solving the problem?

[The National Strategy to Combat AIDS] aims to do this by shifting resources to the groups that are most at risk: gay and bisexual men, African Americans, and the poor. And it calls for the federal government to dole out money for prevention and testing to states based on their "burden of disease," instead of the current formula where states with the most AIDS cases can end up with the least money per capita. "Fighting HIV/AIDS in America and around the world will require more than just fighting the virus," Obama said. "It will require a broader effort to make life more just and equitable."

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Housing Works president Charles King went even further, charging that "The president's plan is so flawed that it might actually represent a step backwards in combating HIV and AIDS in the United States."

By merely shifting resources and treating the American HIV epidemic (which it has become) as merely a subset of the overall health of the American people are we sweeping the issue under the rug instead of confronting the crisis head on?