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2012 Illinois HIV Budget Push

Save the date: Call-In Day Against HIV Funding Cuts on Tuesday, May 22

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Governor Quinn and the Illinois General Assembly are finalizing the FY 2013 budget and are considering a $4 million (50%) cut to HIV funding, as well as a $2.7 billion cut to Medicaid, the largest insurer of people living with HIV in Illinois. If you've had enough, please take action:

Contact your legislators

Call your legislators about proposed changes to Medicaid HIV drug coverage

Make three calls to the House Appropriations Human Services Committee for $4 million in HIV funding

E-mail your legislators

Download and circulate this petition (return to AFC by May 25)

Visit your legislator in Springfield


Take your advocacy to Facebook

Post this as your Facebook status: Illinois HIV Budget Cuts Cost Lives - make three calls to IL House members today to fight $4 million in HIV funding cuts http://goo.gl/TXBnR 

Change your Facebook profile image to this one: "Illinois HIV Budget Cuts Cost Lives" (right click to download)

Change your timeline cover to one of these five images (also below, right click to download): 108 infections, 144 houses, 255 inmates, 563 servicessavings?

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Know your stuff

Fact sheet on proposed HIV funding cuts

Fact sheet on Medicaid cuts

See more from the Illinois Budget Toolkit

They say the pen (or keyboard in this case) is mightier than the sword. Join the fight to protect and promote the rights of people living with and at risk for HIV and AIDS by contacting your elected officials. Check out our most recent action alerts and contact your public officials.

Also, be sure to sign up for the Online Action Bulletin today and receive e-mails whenever urgent action is needed.

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Current Action Alerts

Had Enough of HIV Funding Cuts?
4/18/2012

Fight 50% cuts to HIV funding in Illinois!
3/19/2012

Come to the 2012 HIV/AIDS Lobby Day on April 18
2/20/2012

Register to vote in Illinois
2/8/2012

Tell Congress to support the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act
9/1/2011

Co-Sponsor the Real Education of Healthy Youth Act
7/28/2011

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