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FEDERAL POLITICS AND POWER

Lei Chou, AIDS Treatment Data Network

Prevention Justice Seminar

October 4, 2004

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Lei Chou is the director of The Access Project at the AIDS Treatment Data Network. He also participates in several national coalitions dealing with treatment access, including the AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition, National ADAP Working Group, Fair Pricing Coalition, and HIV Medicaid & Medicare Workgroup of the Federal AIDS Policy Partnership.




Reading List

Federal Power and Politics



I. Adams, B. (2004) Presidential Retreat: How America’s AIDS Era Leaders Have Failed to Fight the HIV Battle . In HIV Plus (October 2004), www.HIVPLUSMAG.com

II. Executive Branch Vocabulary, http://www.c-span.org/classroom/govt/exec_vocab.asp

III. Legislative Branch Vocabulary, http://www.c-span.org/classroom/govt/leg_vocab.asp

IV. Judicial Branch Vocabulary, http://www.c-span.org/classroom/govt/judicial_vocab.asp

V. Andriote, J.M. ‘The Ryan White Care Act: An Impressive, Dubious Accomplishment’. In ‘Creating Change’ (2000), edited by D’Emilio, J., Turner, W.B., Vaid, U. New York: St. Martin’s Press, p. 407 – 420.

VI. Broken Promises and Betrayals, Africa Action, www.africaaction.org

VII. 2003 Year in Review HIV/AIDS U.S. Policy Briefing Papers

VIII. The Kerry-Edwards Plan to Respond to the AIDS Crisis (2004)

IX. An Overview of HIV/AIDS Policymaking and Programs At The Federal Level. National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors: Washington DC. www.nastad.org

X. Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act. National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors: Washington DC.

XI. Hodel, D. (2003) At the Crossroads, A Study of Federal HIV/AIDS Advocacy.