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New from Code WACK,Does silence still equal death? For too many Americans, the answer is yes.
In honor of PRIDE Month, we’re revisiting a popular episode about the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s. What were the health policy failures that spurred so many Americans to militant activism? How did the LGBTQ+ community win the struggle to get government funding to address the deadly virus?
Fortunately, today, with appropriate medical intervention, more and more people are living, instead of dying, with HIV/AIDS. But the U.S. still trails many developed countries in life expectancy, a result of health policy failures that continue to cause unnecessary death and suffering.
What can today's Medicare-for-All movement learn from AIDS activists?
To find out, we spoke with Michael Lighty, President of the Healthy California Now Coalition and former constituency director for Bernie 2020.
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In honor of PRIDE Month, we’re revisiting a popular episode about the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s. What were the health policy failures that spurred so many Americans to militant activism? How did the LGBTQ+ community win the struggle to get government funding to address the deadly virus?
Fortunately, today, with appropriate medical intervention, more and more people are living, instead of dying, with HIV/AIDS. But the U.S. still trails many developed countries in life expectancy, a result of health policy failures that continue to cause unnecessary death and suffering.
What can today's Medicare-for-All movement learn from AIDS activists?
To find out, we spoke with Michael Lighty, President of the Healthy California Now Coalition and former constituency director for Bernie 2020.