The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida (2024)

March 7, 1990

Publication:

The Miami Heraldi

Location:

Miami, Florida

Issue Date:

Wednesday, March 7, 1990

Page:

142

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BRO WEDNESDAY MARCH 7 1990 THE MIAMI HERALD 9A EM30f enators seek AIDS fund for key cities The proposed federal allocation to Florida as a whole was not available Tuesday bill will not end the debate over the causes of this disease or the methods of its prevention" said Sen Orrin Hatch a conservative Republican from Utah through this bill we have a chance to show our compassion for its victims and their families and to demonstrate to those who feel abandoned that we Hatch co-authored the Comprehensive AIDS 'Resources Emergency (CARE) Act bill with liberal Democrat Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts Neither of senators Democrat Bob Graham or Republican Connie Mack signed on as initial co-sponsors Assistants said they were studying it ONLY AT ARCTIC THE ARCTIC CLASSIC The Most Advanced Mobile Phone on the Market Today! lOONameNoMem Quad Nam Speed Dialing Call Timers Dual Security Modes FaxComp uter ready Lifetime Warranty on Phone Installation birfxBxtlorvAntenniexfra ARCTIC SPECIAL MOTOROLA 8000 The Standard for Reliability and Rugged Construction in a portable cellolar phone and its American madel 15 Hour Talk Time 18 Hour Standby Battery Battery Charger Call Timers ARCTIC SPECIAL ru The second $300 million would be distributed to 20 states that each have more than 10 percent of the total number of US AIDS cases so that they can set up treatment networks in smaller cities and rural areas While the most AIDS cases are concentrated in larger cities the fastest increase a 37 percent jump nationwide from 1988 to 1989 is being reported in areas with populations of less than 500000 Fort Pierce and Naples and their surrounding communities are near the top of that list of smaller cities with skyrocketing cases of AIDS The Fort Pierce area went from 23 new cases in 1988 to 83 new cases in 1989 an increase of nearly 261 percent Naples went from 14 new cases to 49 up 250 percent A a JT- By PAUL ANDERSON Herald Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Miami and the state of Florida would share in a $600 million fund to help care for the spiraling number of AIDS victims under a bill introduced Tuesday by a bipartisan group of 20 senators Half the money would go to 13 big cities that have more than 2000 AIDS victims each including Miami New York San Francisco Los Angeles and Philadelphia The first $125 million would go out within 60 days of the passage Dade County which had 899 new AIDS cases reported last year and 3043 AIDS patients as of Feb 1 would initially receive $57 million of that officials said Most of the $57 million would be directed to Jackson Memorial Hospital POLISH YOUR MARBLE BY The bill won immediate praise from big-city mayors AIDS patients and their advocates including actress Elizabeth Taylor who drew a horde of reporters and onlookers to a Capitol Hill press conference Belinda Mason president of the National Association of People with AIDS also endorsed the bill A House AIDS plan was introduced last week with much less fanfare Instead of payments to cities and states it would increase Medicaid payments to hospitals that care for large numbers of AIDS patients and allow Medicaid to cover AZT and other AIDS drugs earlier in an illness The House plan which as yet has no price tag is endorsed by ex-Surgeon General Everett Koop UP TO SIZE 52 ALL NEW STYLES ReiMres Nav (South MokRIty contract tor DadsBroward Phono unbar Panitty tor tarty cancollitton BellSouth Mobility greet you the I fibor optic technology Mobility saves roaming a Mobil the np'to Florida gives yoe more roaming anywhere in ibllihf latest in 25 4 auto-' servfca in Florida and over 550 cities 255-9545 12445 Dixie Hw 5914100 SlOO KW 72nd Awe 947-1128 1655 163rd St 581-9999 3730 Broward Bht CRYSTALLIZATION WITH THE ORIGINATORS OF THE PROCESS Scratch Resistant Slip Resistant Lasting Brilliant Shine Never Yellows authorized agent of BellSouth Mobility while matic Tha Phone Company- Tbtr Car Konddl Mland NJYllarrf Broward Sjr COMMUNICATIONS Action Line solves problems for your rights digital and BellSouth white BellSouth Miami cuts KendaN Stores pen Sat 82 -SYSpiyis 'never undersold POINT EAST TAILORS 17230 ESTIMATES QQQ conn 8171 NW91 Tr 2C LICENSED INSURED 0005999 Miami FL 33166 STATIC COEFFICIENT OP FRICTION AVERAGE -0 67 ASTM red tape and stands up.

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