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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 06:13 PM
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$335 Million in contraception funding would have saved $83.6 BILLION a year
But no it was stripped from the stimulus bill. We need to fund this.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/28/drudge-std/

Some reasons that increased funding for STD prevention specifically will ultimately save the United States money:

– Increase workforce productivity. More than 56,000 people become infected with HIV/AIDS each year. The CDC estimates that the new infections cost the country $56 billion in medical care and lost productivity.

– Lower health industry costs. STDs, some of the most preventable diseases, cost the U.S. health care system as much as $15.3 billion annually.

– Lower federal government costs. The federal government is expected to spend $12.3 billion on HIV/AIDS-related medical care in 2009.
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 06:14 PM
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1. Contraceptives will cure AIDS? nt
Edited on Wed Jan-28-09 06:14 PM by anonymous171
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 06:15 PM
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2. Help prevent
preventative medicine
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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 06:15 PM
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3. Where Does He Say That????
It PREVENTS HIV infection. Preventing infections saves money. Get it?
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 06:17 PM
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5. No, but it can help prevent getting it, spreading the virus further. nt
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 06:16 PM
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4. why do you hate babies?
:evilgrin:
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 06:18 PM
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6. Fine. Stick it in another bill.
I think as a part of the emergency stimulus package, it was a political bait-and-switch for the Republicans.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 06:23 PM
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8. Could well have been
yes put it in another bill and let them publicly flagulate themselves...again
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 06:19 PM
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7. It will be in another bill. Like say a Healthcare one. EOM
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terisan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 06:30 PM
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9. Taking it out of this bill was to please the Religious Right. It clearly could have passed
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