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HIV/AIDS in Puerto Rico</title><subtitle type="html">Situación sobre VIH/SIDA en Puerto Rico y los Estados Unidos, Fondos RWCA, ADAP, Re-autorización, Fiscalización, Denuncias, Información Prevención, Educación, Tratamiento, Servicios, Medicamentos, Lista de espera, Activismo, Abogacía, Derechos, Apoderamiento, Estudios, Auditorias, Conferencias, Lucha por sobrevivir...</subtitle><link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://vih-sida-puertorico.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://vih-sida-puertorico.blogspot.com/" /><link rel="next" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/986028604503404477/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false&amp;v=2" /><author><name>Pacientes de SIDA pro Politica Sana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15667296358367530673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><generator version="7.00" uri="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>160</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Vih/sidaEnPuertoRico-Hiv/aidsInPuertoRico" /><feedburner:info uri="vih/sidaenpuertorico-hiv/aidsinpuertorico" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkIARnk_fip7ImA9WhRUFE4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986028604503404477.post-3145621996653660995</id><published>2012-01-24T15:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T15:55:47.746-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-01-24T15:55:47.746-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Jose Au Lay" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="APPIA" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PSPS" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lorenzo Gonzalez" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Luis Fortuno" /><title>Solicitan una reunión/audiencia directamente con oficial de HRSA Au Lay y con la participación y presencia del Secretario de Salud, Dr. Lorenzo González</title><content type="html">Esta carta ha sida enviada a el correo electronico del Señor Au Lay sin que conteste.&lt;br /&gt;
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APPIA Y PACIENTES DE SIDA PRO POLITICA SANA&lt;br /&gt;
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23 de enero de 2012&lt;br /&gt;
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Sr. José Au Lay&lt;br /&gt;
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Director ADAP/Oficial de Proyecto&lt;br /&gt;
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Ryan White Care Act&lt;br /&gt;
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HRSA&lt;br /&gt;
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Estimado señor Au Lay:&lt;br /&gt;
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Reciba un cordial saludo de parte de la comunidad con VIH y sida de Puerto Rico.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sabemos que está de visita en Puerto Rico, y ante ello, queremos solicitarle una reunión/audiencia directamente con su persona y con la participación y presencia del Secretario de Salud, Dr. Lorenzo González. Nuestra petición responde a las situaciones y problemas que confrontamos para el acceso de servicios. Situaciones que nos gustaría escuchara directamente de nosotros, la comunidad que tiene afectado su continuo cuidado de salud. &lt;br /&gt;
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El pasado 12 de enero de 2012, como representantes de la comunidad, nos reunimos con el Dr. Lorenzo González en donde le presentamos estas situaciones, sin embargo, fuimos intimidados y atropellados por éste con un argumento político inadecuado y ofensivo. Por ello, decidimos no reunirnos el pasado, miércoles, 18 de enero. Entendemos que algunas de estas situaciones aluden al Programa que usted dirige en HRSA, por tanto, pedimos su intervención, pues sólo así tendremos la garantía y confianza de que se cumpla con los compromisos que decida asumir el Departamento de Salud para que juntos, podamos resolver las situaciones que nos aquejan... sin que medien condiciones politico partidistas. &lt;br /&gt;
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Estamos en disposición de poder colaborar en la solución de estas situaciones. Esperamos contar con su disponibilidad y pronta acción en este asunto. &lt;br /&gt;
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Para información adicional y coordinación, favor de comunicarse con la Sra. Ivette González, directora ejecutiva de APPIA, al (787) 675-2011 y con el Sr. Anselmo Fonseca, Pacientes de Sida Pro Política Sana al (787) 948-8890.&lt;br /&gt;
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Muy agradecidos,&lt;br /&gt;
Ivette M. González &lt;br /&gt;
APPIA (Asamblea Permanente de Personas Infectadas y Afectadas por VIH y sida)&lt;br /&gt;
Anselmo Fonseca&lt;br /&gt;
Pacientes de Sida Pro Política Sana&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in; text-align: left;" valign="top"&gt;   &lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 23.4pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-linespan: 2; mso-element-wrap: auto; mso-element: dropcap-dropped; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; page-break-after: avoid;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 27.0pt; mso-text-raise: -2.0pt;"&gt;S&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.25pt;"&gt;everal groups that advocate for the HIV &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt;"&gt;/AIDS population reported Tuesday &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt;"&gt;Health Secretary Lorenzo Gonzalez &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt;"&gt;Feliciano, urged them to vote for statehood &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt;"&gt;if they wanted to keep their medicines and other program benefits.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 13.9pt; margin-right: 0.5pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 24pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;"&gt;Ivette Gonzalez, spokeswoman for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt;"&gt;several groups of HIV patients, brought an &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt;"&gt;excerpt of a recording to WKAQ Radio in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.25pt;"&gt;which the health chief urged them at a recent &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt;"&gt;meeting to vote for statehood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 13.9pt; margin-left: 0.5pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 24.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt;"&gt;"Vote for statehood and you will have the same rights. The current health program &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt;"&gt;gives you nothing but crumbs," Gonzalez &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt;"&gt;said. Gonzalez Feliciano said his comment &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;was "totally misquoted and taken out of &lt;span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"&gt;context."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 13.9pt; margin-left: 0.95pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 24pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.35pt;"&gt;Gonzalez decried that Mi Salud program &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt;"&gt;does not cover a drug recently approved by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt;"&gt;the Federal Food and Drug Administration .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 13.9pt; margin-left: 0.95pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 24pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: .5pt;"&gt;He said that although Frank Diaz &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt;"&gt;Gines, director of the Health Insurance &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt;"&gt;Administration said in a recent meeting that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.3pt;"&gt;he agreed to include these drugs in Mi Salud, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.15pt;"&gt;the owner asked him not to commit until &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt;"&gt;they do a financial analysis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 13.9pt; margin-left: 1.45pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 24.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.4pt;"&gt;"Frank Diaz Gin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.4pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;es has shown that he did &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.25pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;not made decisions in ASES," said Gonzalez &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: -.45pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;who also chairs the ASES Board of Directors.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;Meanwhile, the gubernatorial candidate for the Popular Democratic Party Alejandro Garcia Padilla, branded the Health secretary's words an act of "insensitivity,, corruption and lies."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;Garcia Padilla demanded the secretary's immediate resignation, claiming there is no justification for his recorded words.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;"The expressions in that recording are unacceptable, undermine human dignity and denote another act of insensitivity towards AIDS patients on the part of the government party," he said. "The governor should apologize in public to the HIV patient population for the expressions of his subordinate," said Garcia Padilla while recalling that is not the first time an NPP government official has shown insensitivity with this population (HIV) by reference to the corruption scandals in the Institute of AIDS in the 90's.The insensitivity of this government has reached unprecedented levels, and the Secretary has crossed the line."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.9pt; margin-left: 1.45pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;"The use of his position for political campaigning during working hours is a form of corruption. The government should provide the services concerned with the patient and much-needed stability to the system."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/986028604503404477-5296083961656018168?l=vih-sida-puertorico.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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padding-top: 0px;"&gt;El candidato a la gobernación por el Partido Popular Democrático, (PPD), Alejandro García Padilla, catalogó como un acto de insensibilidad, de corrupción y de mentira, las expresiones del Secretario de Salud, Lorenzo González, que fueron grabadas en una reunión que sostuvo con varios pacientes de Sida, y que fueron reveladas hoy en una emisora radial.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;García Padilla solicitó la renuncia inmediata del Secretario y sostuvo que no hay razón que justifique la barbaridad que expresó en la grabación.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;"Las expresiones que escuchamos en el día de hoy en esa grabación son inaceptables, atentan contra la dignidad humana y denotan otro acto de insensibilidad del partido del gobierno con los pacientes del Sida", sentenció.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;"El Gobernador debe disculparse públicamente con la población de pacientes VIH por las expresiones de su subalterno. La insensibilidad de este Gobierno ha llegado a niveles nunca antes vistos, y las expresiones de este Secretario se pasaron de la raya", manifestó García Padilla al tiempo que recordó que no es la primera vez que un gobierno del PNP demuestra insensibilidad con esta población (VIH) haciendo referencia a los escándalos de corrupción en el Instituto del Sida en los años 90.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;"El uso de la posición de Secretario de Salud para hacer campaña política en horas laborables es una forma de corrupción. Este gobierno debería preocuparse por darle los servicios al paciente y la estabilidad que tanto necesita el sistema. Ya sabemos por qué el programa Mi Salud ha sido un fracaso", subrayó el líder estadolibrista al tiempo que aseguró que bajo su gobierno los pacientes de VIH serán atendidos con respeto y sensibilidad.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/986028604503404477-4740413408814526375?l=vih-sida-puertorico.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class="autoria colorNoticias" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(57, 72, 93) !important; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 0.65em; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Por Marga Parés Arroyo /&lt;a href="mailto:Mpares@elnuevodia.com" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(89, 117, 143) !important; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Mpares@elnuevodia.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="textoNoticia" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #494949; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Grupos de pacientes de VIH/sida tronaron ayer contra el secretario de Salud, Lorenzo González Feliciano, por haberlos instado a votar por la estadidad si desean igualdad en los fondos dirigidos a los programas de servicio a esta población.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;“¿Sabes qué? Voten por la estadidad y tendrán los mismos derechos. No hay igualdad. El programa (federal) de asistencia médica da una migaja”, se escuchó decir al titular de Salud en una grabación emitida en la mañana de ayer por la estación radial WKAQ.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Sus comentarios surgieron durante una reunión efectuada el jueves de la semana pasada en la que varios portavoces de pacientes de esta condición manifestaron algunas preocupaciones sobre estos servicios.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Según explicó ayer Ivette González, portavoz de la Asamblea Permanente de Personas Infectadas y Afectadas con VIH/sida de Puerto Rico (APPIA), durante la reunión se increpó al titular porque la agencia no había tramitado aún la cubierta de dos antirretrovirales recientemente aprobados por la Administración federal de Drogas y Alimentos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés). Estos son: Endurant y Complera.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;De acuerdo con González, en la reunión, Frank Díaz Ginés, director de la Administración de Seguros de Salud (ASES) les comentó que su compromiso era poder incluir ambos fármacos en la cubierta de Mi Salud. Sin embargo, González Feliciano le pidió al funcionario que no hiciera tal compromiso hasta que no se emitiera un análisis financiero que reflejara si era viable añadir estos medicamentos.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Según González, cuando esta le cuestionó al titular por qué en algunas clínicas estos fármacos estaban disponibles y en otras de Salud no, éste vertió el comentario político de que si querían paridad en los fondos federales dirigidos a los servicios de esta población tenían que votar por la estadidad.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;En entrevista radial con WKAQ, González Feliciano alegó que su comentario había sido “sacado de contexto”.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;En declaraciones escritas, el titular alegó haber sostenido un diálogo “positivo” y “abierto” en la reunión en cuestión. Insistió en que la ASES haría un análisis de costos para estudiar la viabilidad de añadir los dos antirretrovirales. Sin embargo, el funcionario calló sobre las controvertibles expresiones políticas que manifestó en la reunión.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Victoria Maldonado, de la Oficina de Prensa de La Fortaleza, dijo que no se emitirían reacciones al respecto.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Por su parte, González comentó que otras preocupaciones que le llevaron al titular fue que Triple S solo está aprobando medicamentos de mantenimiento por 15 días, que no le estaban cubriendo la prueba del Papanicolau anal a las mujeres y que en las hospitalizaciones no se le estaban cubriendo los medicamentos a pacientes de VIH.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Para la historia&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;El doctor Enrique Vázquez Quintana recordó ayer que, cuando fue titular de Salud, retuvo fondos del Instituto del Sida alegando que carecían de una auditoría. Al ser cuestionado de que esto afectaría la vida de los pacientes, este expresó que si ya estaban gravemente enfermos, de cualquier forma morirían. Posteriormente, se disculpó, plasmándolo así en el libro “Mi amigo el gobernador”.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/986028604503404477-72379124199550095?l=vih-sida-puertorico.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Por Aurora Rivera Arguinzoni&lt;br /&gt;
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El Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico (DS) perdió más de $24 millones de fondos federales que le habrían sido rembolsados por no mostrar evidencia de que realizó de forma adecuada pagos por medicamentos para pacientes con el virus de inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH) y el síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida (SIDA o AIDS por sus siglas en inglés) que éste causa.&lt;br /&gt;
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El pasado 9 de junio la junta de apelaciones del departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS) de Estados Unidos denegó una solicitud del DS para reconsiderar una determinación previa en la que la Administración de Recursos y Servicios de Salud federal (HRSA) desautorizó el rembolso de $24,340,789.&lt;br /&gt;
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“Mantenemos la denegación completa basados en que el DS ha fallado en mostrar que utilizó los rembolsos de ADAP (AIDS Drug Assistance Program) para hacer pagos de medicamentos que no hubiesen podido ser costeados razonablemente bajo otros programas federales o estatales, o mediante cubiertas de planes médicos privados”, lee la decisión, publicada en la página electrónica del HHS.&lt;br /&gt;
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“En resumen, concluimos que HRSA, basada en una revisión de recetas de ADAP seleccionadas al azar, descansó razonablemente en muestreo estadístico al calcular su determinación de no autorizar el rembolso”, agrega.&lt;br /&gt;
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Indica además de los argumentos presentados por el DS en su apelación “carecen de mérito”.&lt;br /&gt;
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El caso se relaciona con una auditoría realizada por la Oficina de Servicios de Auditoría del HHS en el 2006 y que cubrió el período comprendido entre el 1 de abril de 2002 y el 31 de marzo de 2005. EN la misma se determinó que el DS había pagado $24,340,789 de más con fondos federales porque había pacientes cuyos planes médicos cubrían medicamentos pagados con dinero de ADAP. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region2/20602000.asp"&gt;http://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region2/20602000.asp&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Las cosa no mejoran con Gov. Luis Fortuño y Sec- Lolo Gonzalez: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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REVIEW OF THE PUERTO RICO &lt;br /&gt;
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AIDS DRUG ASSISTANCE &lt;br /&gt;
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PROGRAM'S CONTROLS FOR &lt;br /&gt;
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ACCOUNTING FOR AND &lt;br /&gt;
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SAFEGUARDING DRUGS &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region2/20802003.pdf"&gt;http://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region2/20802003.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Por Cristina del Mar Quiles Inter News Service&lt;br /&gt;
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Médicos anestesiólogos denunciaron hoy una crisis en la especialidad en la isla debido a lo que consideran pagos irrazonables por parte de las aseguradoras y falta de un acuerdo de contratación con el plan del gobierno, el MI Salud.&lt;br /&gt;
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La situación, explicó el anestesiólogo Edwin García, ha provocado un éxodo masivo de especialistas a Estados Unidos, donde entienden se fiscaliza mejor a las aseguradoras.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ahora, dijo, los cerca de 150 médicos que permanecen activos en la isla no dan abasto para ofrecer los servicios a los pacientes en todas las regiones.&lt;br /&gt;
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"En Puerto Rico el sistema no es funcional, es un fracaso", manifestó García sobre la gestión fiscalizadora del Comisionado de Seguros y de la Administración de Seguros de Salud (ASES).&lt;br /&gt;
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El galeno mencionó que en su caso se le debe sobre 1 millón de dólares por servicios ofrecidos.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mientras, el también anestesiólogo Wally López, apuntó que Triple S MI Salud pretende pagarles 32 dólares por un procedimiento como drenaje de abscesos por el que se cobra sobre 150 dólares.&lt;br /&gt;
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Por ello, apuntaron, más de un 95 por ciento de anestesiólogos no han contratado con Triple S MI Salud. En el caso de Humana MI Salud, el por ciento no llega a 90.&lt;br /&gt;
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Aseguraron haber agotado todos los recursos burocráticos para conseguir que se les haga justicia sin lograr nada. Les queda acudir al tribunal.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ambos galenos enfatizaron en que sus servicios no se le han negado a ningún paciente que lo haya requerido, pero estos han tenido que asumir los costos. En caso de aquellos que no cuentan con recursos, el servicio ha tenido que ofrecérsele sin que el médico reciba compensación alguna por su trabajo.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/986028604503404477-1103807645361912562?l=vih-sida-puertorico.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #494949; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="autoria colorNoticias" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(57, 72, 93) !important; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 0.65em; margin-bottom: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Por Cynthia López Cabán /&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:End.cynthia.lopez@elnuevodia.com" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(89, 117, 143) !important; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"&gt;End.cynthia.lopez@elnuevodia.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="textoNoticia" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #494949; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;La gerencia de Centro Médico no negó ni confirmó la posibilidad de un brote de sarna humana entre los empleados de la institución.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Ayer, la portavoz del director médico, Ernesto Torres, Wilmelis Márquez, indicó que el funcionario no ofrecería declaraciones, pero que hoy convocará a una conferencia de prensa para aclarar esta situación.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;El sábado, varios trabajadores de la institución denunciaron que al menos cinco empleados de la sala de recuperación se contagiaron con sarna, luego que una supervisora acudiera a trabajar con esta enfermedad.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;También aseguraron que la gerencia no implementó un protocolo para evitar el contagio de la escabiosis o sarna.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;La epidemióloga Ángeles Rodríguez explicó que la sarna es una infección de piel producida por un parásito llamado “sarcoptes scabiei”.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Esta condición, que se transmite a través del contacto con material expuesto al parásito o la persona infectada, causa picor y erupciones en la piel.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Según Rodríguez, se atiende típicamente con cremas tópicas, que aplicadas adecuadamente matan al parásito en seis u ocho horas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;También existe una alternativa de tratamiento oral.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;“La persona con sarna no debe acudir a su centro de trabajo hasta que exista evidencia de que se ha curado”, apuntó la epidemióloga.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;En el caso de la sarna de los animales, el veterinario Víctor Oppenheimer, expresidente del Colegio de Médicos Veterinarios, aclaró que esta condición se transmitirse a los humanos a través del contacto directo con el animal infectado.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;“La probabilidad de que se te pegue si el animal no se trata, es de un 90%”, respondió.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Explicó que la sarna animal la produce un ácaro que vive en la piel del animal infectado.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; 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La sarna demodéctica es hereditaria y no se transmite a los humanos. Pero la sarna sarcóptica, que ataca a los perros, gatos y conejos, entre otros animales, y sarna psoroptes, que afecta a las vacas, se transmiten a los humanos.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;En casos de los animales infectados, Oppenheimer indicó que el medicamento se administra oralmente o a través de inyecciones. 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&lt;div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0.2in; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PR"&gt;Gracias por su interes en este tan importante adiestramiento, pero por una situacion fuera de nuestro control, lamentablemente esta actividad ha sido cancelada hasta nuevo aviso.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PR"&gt;  &lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"&gt;De nuevo g&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"&gt;racias&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Anselmo Fonseca&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;VP/Co-fundador&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;PSPS&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PR"&gt;Auspiciado por: PSPS &amp;amp; LCOA&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f7OxOotSGn0/TuEqRO84KuI/AAAAAAAAALA/ArecC2-oZy0/s1600/logo_NHTD1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #320099; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f7OxOotSGn0/TuEqRO84KuI/AAAAAAAAALA/ArecC2-oZy0/s320/logo_NHTD1.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 1px 1px 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;La imposibilidad de adquirir las medicinas que necesita ha provocado que esta mujer de 39 años, quien padece de depresión, esté más ansiosa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;“Esto me ha afectado los nervios”, dijo Hernández Rosario, oriunda del municipio de Dorado.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Esta mujer, paciente, además, de varias condiciones de salud crónicas, está incapacitada, por lo cual no trabaja.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Como ejemplo del calvario que vive, Hernández Rosario narró cómo a finales del mes pasado salió de una hospitalización en una clínica de salud mental con una receta de unos medicamentos que le urgía tomar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;“Después no pude ni comprarlos. No es justo”, lamentó la mujer que ayer acudió a su grupo médico primario en Levittown para que le evaluaran la hinchazón que tenía en una rodilla tras haber sufrido una caída.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;“Me mandaron a sacar placas en la rodilla y en la cadera, me mandaron a hacer unos laboratorios y a comprar dos medicamentos, pero no voy a poder comprarlos ni hacer nada porque no tengo chavos”, dijo en tono de desesperación esta mujer, quien diariamente debe tomar siete medicamentos para sus diversos padecimientos.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;María Montalván, de 62 años, es otra beneficiaria de Mi Salud que se ha visto afectada con la imposición de deducibles en los medicamentos.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;“Antes no pagaba nada y el otro día tuve que dejar una receta en la farmacia porque me estaban cobrando $7 por la medicina”, dijo Montalván, residente del municipio de Toa Baja.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Paciente de diabetes, alta presión y angina de pecho, entre otras condiciones de salud que también padece, Montalván lamentó cómo desde hace varios meses, según ella, desde el cambio a la aseguradora Triple-S en su región, no ha podido tomar los cinco medicamentos que necesita diariamente.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;“Les dije en la farmacia que no tenía dinero. ¿De dónde lo saco si no tengo marido?”, lamentó la sexagenaria.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Montalván comentó que, como no se ha podido tomar sus medicinas, tampoco ha ido a sus visitas de seguimiento, como a la de su cardiólogo ya que, según dijo, también debe pagar un deducible cuando visita a este especialista.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;“Me he sentido peor”, confesó.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;La fémina, de hecho, acudió ayer a su grupo médico primario ya que tenía las piernas hinchadas por la mala circulación, condición que también padece.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;“Me cobraron $5 por la inyección que me pusieron”, dijo Montalván mientras esperaba, en una parada pública de autobús, vehículo que la transportaría de regreso a su hogar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; 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&lt;h1 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #494949; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 1.7em; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /&gt;Aumentan hasta 700% los deducibles de farmacia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class="autoria colorNoticias" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(57, 72, 93) !important; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 0.65em; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Por Marga Parés Arroyo /&lt;a href="mailto:Mpares@elnuevodia.com" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(89, 117, 143) !important; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Mpares@elnuevodia.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="textoNoticia" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #494949; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;La sobreutilización de salas de emergencias, hospitalizaciones y servicios de farmacia provocó que el Gobierno impusiera deducibles más altos a los usuarios de Mi Salud, algunos de los cuales reflejan incrementos de hasta un 700 por ciento.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Estos copagos responden, además, a cambios que se cocinan en el Programa de Medicaid desde hace tres años.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Básicamente, dos leyes federales (el Deficit Reduction Act, 2005 y el Tax Relief and Health Care Act, 2006) abrieron paso a que los estados y territorios de los Estados Unidos pudieran imponer deducibles sobre algunos beneficios de Medicaid.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;A nivel local, recientemente es que se está notando el efecto de estos cambios. Esta semana el Gobierno reconoció que la implantación de los copagos en la compra de medicamentos y el uso de salas de emergencia entre los beneficiarios de Mi Salud responde a requisitos del Gobierno federal ante el uso inadecuado de ciertos servicios en diversos estados, incluyendo a Puerto Rico.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Varían los deducibles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;“Los deducibles se establecieron según el nivel de indigencia que certifica Medicaid”, sostuvo Frank Díaz Ginés, director de la Administración de Seguros de Salud (ASES).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Según explicó, bajo el Programa Medicaid que aplica en Puerto Rico hay dos clasificaciones. Una de estas es la de población federal -que incluye a 900,000 personas- que cobija a aquellos con ingresos mensuales de 0 a $400. La otra es la población estatal, que abarca unas 600,000 personas cuyos ingresos mensuales están por debajo de los $800. Estas dos poblaciones componen los 1.5 millones de beneficiarios de Mi Salud.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;A tono con los cambios promulgados por Medicaid, en los medicamentos, por ejemplo, la población federal pagará $1 por cada medicina genérica o bioequivalente. Si el fármaco es de marca u original, el deducible será de $3.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Mientras tanto, para la población estatal de Medicaid, los copagos de las medicinas genéricas o bioequivalentes son de $1, $2, $3 y $5 (por medicina), acorde a los ingresos y nivel de elegibilidad del asegurado. Para esta población, los deducibles de los medicamentos de marca u originales son de $3, $4, $5 y $7, igualmente, acorde al nivel de elegibilidad del beneficiario.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Según Díaz Ginés, hay dos razones que aparentan explicar el aumento en el uso de los servicios de farmacia.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Una de estas es que, por primera vez, los pacientes con condiciones crónicas no tienen que regresar a sus médicos por nuevos referidos para repetir sus recetas, porque las tienen ya certificadas por el año.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;“Por otro lado hemos visto casos donde pacientes han abusado de los servicios, como, por ejemplo, un asegurado que recibió 316 recetas al año y otro que obtuvo 40 recetas en un mes”, dijo Díaz Ginés.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;sin copagos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;El Programa de Medicaid establece que no se podrán imponer copagos a ciertos servicios, como las emergencias, la planificación familiar, los servicios relacionados a un embarazo o servicios preventivos para menores de 21 años. Tampoco se podrán imponer deducibles a personas que padezcan de una enfermedad terminal y a individuos que estén institucionalizados.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Sin embargo, el Programa Medicaid permite que se impongan copagos a asegurados que utilicen los servicios de sala de emergencia sin tener una emergencia real, según lo determine el hospital.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Además, el deducible aplicaría a personas que hayan acudido a una sala de emergencia en lugar de recurrir a otro tipo de servicio de salud que tenía dis ponible, a menor costo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Así mismo, indicó que también implantaron copagos por las hospitalizaciones para los beneficiarios de Mi Salud.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;“Hay personas que no van a pagar nada, pero otros pagarían hasta $20”, comentó Díaz Ginés, sobre el deducible que se les impondría a los asegurados por una hospitalización.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Para la población estatal de Medicaid, por ejemplo, los deducibles de hospitalización varían de $3, $5, $6 y $20.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Según el funcionario, estudios realizados en Puerto Rico revelan que la población de Mi Salud visita las salas de emergencia un 40% más que cualquier otra jurisdicción de los Estados Unidos, con un promedio que sobrepasa las mil visitas por cada mil habitantes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;De sorpresa&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Aunque Díaz Ginés comentó que el Gobierno había anticipado que haría cambios en los copagos de medicinas y los servicios de sala de emergencias, la situación aparenta haber tomado por sorpresa a los beneficiarios, según un sondeo realizado por este diario (página 6).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;El funcionario, de hecho, reconoció que próximamente será que el Gobierno emita una campaña en los medios de comunicación orientando a los beneficiarios sobre los cambios en el Programa Medicaid y la imposición de deducibles en varios servicios.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Indicó que les corresponde a las aseguradoras Humana y Triple-S el emitir unas comunicaciones a los beneficiarios informándoles de esta situación.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;En declaraciones escritas, el secretario de Salud, Lorenzo González, comentó que “cónsonos con parámetros establecidos en otros estados, hemos implementado una serie de medidas que garantizan el cumplimiento con estatutos federales y, más importante, el uso apropiado de los recursos disponibles”.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Evalúan elegibilidad&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;El Programa Medicaid certifica anualmente el nivel de elegibilidad de los asegurados de Mi Salud.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Díaz Ginés recordó que, para medir los ingresos de un individuo, bajo los parámetros de Medicaid se toman en cuenta varios factores, como los recursos que tenga a su nombre, incluyendo residencias, propiedades, fincas y vehículos de motor.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Comentó, sin embargo, que, al igual que el Gobierno hizo hace dos años, hay casos que ameritan que se verifique si la propiedad a nombre del individuo le genera o no ingresos.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;“Por ejemplo, pueden haber fincas a nombre de la persona, que estén abandonadas y no le generen ingresos, o siete o diez vehículos que estén a su nombre, pero que, al verificar, son solo chatarra”, dijo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Excepciones en la imposición de copagos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;1) Mujeres embarazadas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;2) Menores de 21 años&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;3) Personas institucionalizadas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;4) Personas con alguna enfermedad terminal (en un hospicio)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;5) Medicamentos de planificación familiar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;6) Servicios de emergencia (realmente necesarios)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;7) Mujeres en el Programa de Tratamiento para Cáncer de Mama y Cervical.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Fuente: www.medicaid.gov&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Emergencias&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Estudios realizados en Puerto Rico revelaron que, entre los 1.5 millones de beneficiarios de Mi Salud, hay una sobreutilización de los servicios de sala de emergencia.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Muchos de estos casos son certificados, posteriormente, como no emergencias. 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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;For  Immediate Release December 06, 2011 Presidential Memorandum --  International Initiatives to Advance the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay,  Bisexual, and Transgender Persons&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;SUBJECT: International Initiatives to Advance the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;The  struggle to end discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and  transgender (LGBT) persons is a global challenge, and one that is  central to the United States commitment to promoting human rights.&amp;nbsp; I am  deeply concerned by the violence and discrimination targeting LGBT  persons around the world&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; whether it is passing laws that criminalize  LGBT status, beating citizens simply for joining peaceful LGBT pride  celebrations, or killing men, women, and children for their perceived  sexual orientation.&amp;nbsp; That is why I declared before heads of state  gathered at the United Nations, "no country should deny people their  rights because of who they love, which is why we must stand up for the  rights of gays and lesbians everywhere."&amp;nbsp; Under my Administration,  agencies engaged abroad have already begun taking action to promote the  fundamental human rights of LGBT persons everywhere.&amp;nbsp; Our deep  commitment to advancing the human rights of all people is strengthened  when we as the United States bring our tools to bear to vigorously  advance this goal.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;By  this memorandum I am directing all agencies engaged abroad to ensure  that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human  rights of LGBT persons.&amp;nbsp; Specifically, I direct the following actions,  consistent with applicable law:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Section  1.&amp;nbsp; Combating Criminalization of LGBT Status or Conduct Abroad.&amp;nbsp;  Agencies engaged abroad are directed to strengthen existing efforts to  effectively combat the criminalization by foreign governments of LGBT  status or conduct and to expand efforts to combat discrimination,  homophobia, and intolerance on the basis of LGBT status or conduct.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Sec.  2.&amp;nbsp; Protecting Vulnerable LGBT Refugees and Asylum Seekers.&amp;nbsp; Those LGBT  persons who seek refuge from violence and persecution face daunting  challenges.&amp;nbsp; In order to improve protection for LGBT refugees and asylum  seekers at all stages of displacement, the Departments of State and  Homeland Security shall enhance their ongoing efforts to ensure that  LGBT refugees and asylum seekers have equal access to protection and  assistance, particularly in countries of first asylum.&amp;nbsp; In addition, the  Departments of State, Justice, and Homeland Security shall ensure  appropriate training is in place so that relevant Federal Government  personnel and key partners can effectively address the protection of  LGBT refugees and asylum seekers, including by providing to them  adequate assistance and ensuring that the&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Federal  Government has the ability to identify and expedite resettlement of  highly vulnerable persons with urgent protection needs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Sec.  3.&amp;nbsp; Foreign Assistance to Protect Human Rights and Advance  Nondiscrimination.&amp;nbsp; Agencies involved with foreign aid, assistance, and  development shall enhance their ongoing efforts to ensure regular  Federal Government engagement with governments, citizens, civil society,  and the private sector in order to build respect for the human rights  of LGBT persons.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Sec.  4.&amp;nbsp; Swift and Meaningful U.S. Responses to Human Rights Abuses of LGBT  Persons Abroad.&amp;nbsp; The Department of State shall lead a standing group,  with appropriate interagency representation, to help ensure the Federal  Government's swift and meaningful response to serious incidents that  threaten the human rights of LGBT persons abroad.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Sec.  5.&amp;nbsp; Engaging International Organizations in the Fight Against LGBT  Discrimination.&amp;nbsp; Multilateral fora and international organizations are  key vehicles to promote respect for the human rights of LGBT persons and  to bring global attention to LGBT issues.&amp;nbsp; Building on the State  Department's leadership in this area, agencies engaged abroad should  strengthen the work they have begun and initiate additional efforts in  these multilateral fora and organizations to:&amp;nbsp; counter discrimination on  the basis of LGBT status; broaden the number of countries willing to  support and defend LGBT issues in the multilateral arena; strengthen the  role of civil society advocates on behalf of LGBT issues within and  through multilateral fora; and strengthen the policies and programming  of multilateral institutions on LGBT issues.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Sec.  6.&amp;nbsp; Reporting on Progress.&amp;nbsp; All agencies engaged abroad shall prepare a  report within 180 days of the date of this memorandum, and annually  thereafter, on their progress toward advancing these initiatives.&amp;nbsp; All  such agencies shall submit their reports to the Department of State,  which will compile a report on the Federal Government's progress in  advancing these initiatives for transmittal to the President.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Sec.  7.&amp;nbsp; Definitions.&amp;nbsp; (a)&amp;nbsp; For the purposes of this memorandum, agencies  engaged abroad include the Departments of State, the Treasury, Defense,  Justice, Agriculture, Commerce, Health and Human Services, and Homeland  Security, the United States Agency for International Development  (USAID), the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Export Import Bank,  the United States Trade Representative, and such other agencies as the  President may designate.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;(b)&amp;nbsp;  For the purposes of this memorandum, agencies involved with foreign  aid, assistance, and development include the Departments of State, the  Treasury, Defense, Justice, Health and Human Services, and Homeland  Security, the USAID, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Export  Import Bank, the United States Trade Representative, and such other  agencies as the President may designate.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;This  memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or  benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by  any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or  entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;BARACK OBAMA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/986028604503404477-4712720878681385989?l=vih-sida-puertorico.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;
December 01, 2011 Media Contact:&lt;br /&gt;
Daniel Leyva &lt;br /&gt;
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La Comisión Latina sobre el SIDA recibe reconocimiento durante la conmemoración oficial del Día Mundial del SIDA&lt;br /&gt;
Nueva York, NY; 1 de diciembre del 2011 – El día de hoy, La Comisión Latina sobre el SIDA (La Comisión) junto con Citywide Harm Reduction, recibió un reconocimiento de parte del Alcalde Michael Bloomberg durante la conmemoración anual numero 24 del Día Mundial del SIDA, en el marco de un desayuno en la residencia oficial del Alcalde, Gracie Mansion. &lt;br /&gt;
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El Alcalde Bloomberg felicitó a la Comisión por su trabajo y dedicación y presento una proclamación en la cual se lee: “Por su tremenda dedicación combatiendo la propagación del VIH en las comunidades Latinas de America y por proveer cuidado de alta calidad a las personas afectadas por esta enfermedad. Sus esfuerzos han hecho una diferencia en las vidas de muchos neoyorquinos, y por eso nosotros nos alegramos al reconocer su incomparable compromiso que se traduce en mejorar las vidas y el bienestar de muchas personas.” &lt;br /&gt;
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Guillermo Chacon, Presidente de la Comisión Latina sobre el SIDA junto a la Dr. Miriam Vega, Vice-Presidenta, sosteniendo la resolución otorgada a la Comisión. &lt;br /&gt;
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Guillermo Chacón, Presidente de la Comisión, junto con la Dra. Miriam Vega, Vicepresidente de la Comisión, aceptaron este reconocimiento: “La Dra. Vega y yo nos sentimos muy orgullosos del compromiso, pasión y energía de nuestra Junta de Directores, cada miembro del personal y los voluntarios de la Comisión en su labor cotidiana. Nos sentimos orgullosos de aceptar este honor y con el, renovamos nuestro compromiso de continuar trabajando por un mundo sin SIDA” destaco Chacón. &lt;br /&gt;
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Treinta años después del descubrimiento del VIH, ahora sabemos que el VIH es una condición curable y que ya no es una sentencia de muerte. Por tanto, la Comisión invita a todas las personas a que se hagan la prueba de detección del VIH, conozcan su estatus, y si usted es positivo, le recomendamos de forma especial que considere buscar tratamiento de forma inmediata. El tratamiento es prevención, y nosotros ahora sabemos que este puede servir dos propósitos igualmente importantes: 1) Salvar la vida de personas viviendo con VIH, 2) el tratamiento temprano puede reducir dramáticamente la posibilidad de transmitir el VIH a otra persona. Esta reducción es posible hasta un 96%. &lt;br /&gt;
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En la ceremonia estuvieron presentes muchos representantes de organizaciones que trabajan en la lucha contra el SIDA.&lt;br /&gt;
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A nuestros colegas y otros defensores alrededor del mundo, por favor únanse a nuestra lucha continua para finalmente erradicar el VIH de la faz del planeta. Juntos podemos vencer al SIDA si nos apoyamos mutuamente y renovamos nuestro compromiso de encontrar una cura. Ahora más que nunca… necesitamos avanzar este movimiento y lograr una “Generación libre de SIDA”&lt;br /&gt;
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SOBRE LA COMISION LATINA SOBRE EL SIDA &lt;br /&gt;
La Comisión Latina Sobre el SIDA es una organización sin fines de lucro fundada en 1990, dedicada a la lucha contra el VIH/SIDA en las comunidades Latinas. La Comisión honra su misión encabezando la defensa por la salud para las comunidades Latinas, promoviendo educación y prevención, implementando programas modelo para comunidades en alto riesgo, desarrollando investigación y evaluación comunitaria, fortaleciendo capacidades a través de adiestramientos y asesoría a Organizaciones Comunitarias. La Comisión es líder nacional en el tema del SIDA y coordina el Día Nacional de Concientización Latino sobre el SIDA, Día Nacional de Concientización Sobre el SIDA en las Comunidades Latinas en más de 40 Estados y Puerto Rico. Para más información visite: &lt;a href="http://www.latinoaids.org/"&gt;www.latinoaids.org&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="http://www.nlaad.org/"&gt;www.nlaad.org&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div&gt;UNIDOS PODEMOS / UNITED WE CAN &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;AFASIA&lt;/b&gt;: “Pérdida o trastorno de la capacidad del habla debida a una lesión en las áreas del lenguaje de la corteza cerebral.”, (Diccionario de la Real Academia de la Lengua Española)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;He utilizado el título y el significado de la palabra afasia para describir la falta de claridad y unidad en escritos o mensajes que es el elefante blanco llamado Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico. Dicha falta promociona directa o indirectamente que el pueblo no entienda lo que se les está diciendo en “arroz y habichuelas”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;El Departamento de Salud ha sufrido múltiples trastornos institucionales, los cuales no enumeraré por qué no acabaría nunca, agravando su capacidad de hablar con claridad sobre temas&amp;nbsp; críticos como son el VIH&amp;nbsp;y el SIDA.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Tomemos la palabra profilaxis que se está usando para la campaña de la actividad del próximo 1 de diciembre: el&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;Día de Alerta Mundial del SIDA . Con el alto grado de analfabetismo en la isla no podemos ponernos muy encampanados para decir que cuando se habla de preservativos, (protección), se está hablando del&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;condón&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;. Ni que les fueran a poner un “beep”, censurando una palabra supuestamente mala.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Por los tabúes culturales y religiosos estamos alimentando la epidemia, por el miedo a hablar claro para querer mantenerse “políticamente correctos”...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;Se habla de la abstinencia pero,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;¿&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;estamos seguros de que el pueblo pobre, “la calle”, sepa con que se come eso a la hora de la verdad? Deberíamos decir:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;no tener sexo&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;El concepto de prevención teniendo&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;sexo seguro&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;parece haberse ido por el tubo que chupa, palabras que usaba nuestro mejor comediante; Don José Miguel Agrelot, (Q.E.P.D.) cuando se acercaba una amenaza de huracán.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Dicha muestra de “profesionalismo académico” genera una gran porción de casos nuevos de VIH y de SIDA meramente porque la información, la prevención, no están llegando y la gente se entera demasiado tarde cuando ya se han infectado. Esto ha pasado por treinta, (30), años y no ha sido solamente en Puerto Rico. Eso no es excusa...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;La dinámica contra una enfermedad mortal tiene que ser fuerte, clara y contundente. La fiebre no se baja con paños tibios, se baja con bolsas de hielo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Cuando Cristóbal Colón llegó a Borikén no conocía mucha de las cosas que veía. Colón padecía de Afasia cultural. Por eso se les daba un nombre a las cosas con el cual podemos identificarlas hoy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;Al aparecer el VIH tampoco se conocían los términos con los que se identificarían. Se han denominado a quienes sufren de la enfermedad como&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;pacientes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;, (fuera de moda hoy porque supuestamente un paciente es muy pasivo),&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;consumidores&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;, (a la cual me opongo porque ni me estoy consumiendo, ni estoy comprando cosas a tutiplén) y hasta&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;sidosos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;, (nombre despiadado y carente de caridad).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Hay que hablar con certeza, con pruebas, respetuosamente y, por supuesto, claramente. Hay que ir al punto y dejar de estar dándole vuelta a la noria. Quizás entonces las cosas mejoren...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lamentamos el giro de la campaña del Departamento de Salud. A la televisión se han enviado personas que han desvirtuado el mensaje con contradicciones tales como: 1) cero muertes&amp;nbsp;por VIH&amp;nbsp;; se muere de complicaciones del SIDA, 2) la primera persona que murió de SIDA fue el 4 de junio de 1981 y no el 1 de diciembre de 1981, y 3) se informa que en Puerto Rico se infectan diariamente cuatro personas de los cuales una no lo sabe y a su vez esa persona es responsable del 56% de nuevas infecciones. La realidad es que en Puerto Rico cada día se infectan cuatro personas de las cuales solamente una sabe que es portador del VIH.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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WHAT: The Coalition for National HIV Awareness Month is announcing the establishment of July 2012 as National HIV Awareness Month. The goal of National HIV Awareness Month is to re-ignite our national discourse on the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic in order to create broad-scale public awareness of HIV/AIDS, end HIV stigma and discrimination and engage new stakeholders in the fight against the disease – with the ultimate goal of ending the epidemic.&lt;br /&gt;
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Since the explosion of the global pandemic, many Americans have come to view HIV/AIDS as a problem solely affecting the developing world. National HIV Awareness Month will serve as a platform to re-engage civil society, the private sector, federal agencies and community organizations, who together have the potential to reach the broad swath of Americans who remain untouched by current HIV education efforts.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Coalition is hosting a telebriefing on the eve of World AIDS Day to announce the launch of National HIV Awareness Month in July 2012, when the International AIDS Conference will take place in the United States for the first time in more than 20 years. July 2012 also marks the second anniversary of the release of the United States’ first-ever National HIV/AIDS Strategy by President Obama.&lt;br /&gt;
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The coalition will issue a challenge to civil society and the private sector to create and invest in new and innovative awareness, testing, and public engagement initiatives that address the domestic HIV/AIDS crisis and foster a compassionate response over the course of National HIV Awareness Month. &lt;br /&gt;
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WHEN: Wednesday, November 30, 2011; 11:00 am EST&lt;br /&gt;
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HOW: Dial-in – 1.800.434.1335; access code – 954227#&lt;br /&gt;
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WHO: Dawn Averitt Bridge, founder of the Coalition for National HIV Awareness Month&lt;br /&gt;
Mark Ishaug, president and CEO, AIDS United&lt;br /&gt;
Kevin Robert Frost, CEO, amfAR&lt;br /&gt;
Phill Wilson, founder and CEO, Black AIDS Institute&lt;br /&gt;
Guillermo Chacon, president, Latino Commission on AIDS&lt;br /&gt;
Shane Jenkins, director of HIV/AIDS programs and social efforts, Magic Johnson Foundation&lt;br /&gt;
Paul Kawata, executive director, National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC)&lt;br /&gt;
Frank J. Oldham, Jr., president and CEO, National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA)&lt;br /&gt;
Shalini Eddens, executive director, The Well Project&lt;br /&gt;
Naina Khanna, policy director at WORLD/U.S. Positive Women’s Network&lt;br /&gt;
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RSVP: Sheryl Seapy&lt;br /&gt;
949.608.0841&lt;br /&gt;
sseapy@sbcglobal.net&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;As many of you may recall, the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus was&amp;nbsp;&lt;a avglsprocessed="1" href="http://blog.aids.gov/2011/09/congressional-hivaids-caucus-launched.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"&gt;launched&lt;/a&gt;this past September by U.S. Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Trent Franks (R-AZ).&amp;nbsp; Thirty years after the first discovery of AIDS in the U.S., it remains one of the greatest humanitarian crises of our time.&amp;nbsp; An estimated 33.4 million people worldwide live with HIV/AIDS and more than 25 million people have died since 1981.&amp;nbsp; The Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus was created to examine methods by which the United States can maintain global leadership in the response to the epidemic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;In commemoration of the upcoming World AIDS Day, the National Latino AIDS Action Network (NLAAN) is poised to send letters to members of Congress thanking them for their leadership and participation in the Caucus (&lt;i&gt;see list below of current members of the Caucus&lt;/i&gt;).&amp;nbsp; Additionally, NLAAN is directing letters to members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus&lt;a href="" name="133efb1c17c4c17a_133efaf994fa1ea8__ednref1" style="color: #1155cc;" title=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17px;"&gt;[i]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and Congressional Hispanic Conference&lt;a href="" name="133efb1c17c4c17a_133efaf994fa1ea8__ednref2" style="color: #1155cc;" title=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17px;"&gt;[ii]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;who have not yet joined the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus.&amp;nbsp; We are encouraging those members to join the Caucus and to support efforts in addressing the disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS among Latino communities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;NLAAN is circulating these letters to get additional signatures (&lt;i&gt;see attachments&lt;/i&gt;). &amp;nbsp;Please join us in urging members of Congress to recommitment to addressing the diverse needs of communities of color, particularly Latino communities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;If you would like to sign-on, please email Francisco Ruiz at&lt;a href="mailto:nlaan411@gmail.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"&gt;nlaan411@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;with the following information:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Contact Name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;City, State&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Organization Name (If applicable)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;The deadline for signatures is 5pm ET Wednesday, November 30th.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Thank you for your consideration for this quick turnaround.&amp;nbsp; Please forward this letter and sign-on request to your national, state, and local networks.&amp;nbsp; In addition to signing on to these letters, we encourage our members and colleagues to send individual and/or organizational letters of gratitude or encouragement to your respective elected officials.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 1.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;-&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; -&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; -&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; -&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; - &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;In the 112th Congress, the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus will explore five thematic areas:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;li style="margin-left: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Implementation of the US National HIV/AIDS Strategy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin-left: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Financing for Bilateral and Multilateral HIV/AIDS programs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin-left: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;The state of HIV/AIDS research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin-left: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;The role of Faith-Based Organizations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin-left: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;The 2012 International AIDS Conference to be held in Washington, D.C.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Current members of the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;House Members:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Barbara Lee (CA); Jim McDermott (WA); Trent Franks (AZ); Madeleine Bordallo (GU); Robert Brady (PA); Michael Capuano (MA); Donna Christensen (VI); Steve Cohen (TN); John Conyers Jr. (MI); Eliot Engel (NY); Maurice Hinchey (NY); Jerold Nadler (NY); Donald Payne (NJ); Mike Quigley (IL); John Olver (MA); Charles Rangel (NY); Edolphus Towns (NY); G.K. Butterfield (NC); Elijah Cummings (MD); Albio Sires (NJ); Bill Pascrell Jr. (NJ); Janice Schakowsky (IL); Maxine Waters (CA); Bobby Rush (IL); Alcee Hastings (FL); Raúl Grijalva (AZ); Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Bobby Scott (VA); Karen Bass (CA); Luis Gutierrez (IL); David Cicilline (RI); John Lewis (GA); Hank Johnson (GA); Henry Waxman (CA); Hansen Clarke (MI); Judy Chu (CA); Melvin Watt (NC); Michael Honda (CA); Nancy Pelosi (CA); Bruce Braley (IA); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL); Corrine Brown (FL); Carolyn Maloney (NY); Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL); James Himes (CT); Howard Berman (CA); Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA); Theodore Deutch (FL); Tammy Baldwin (WI); Kathy Castor (FL); Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL); John Carter (TX); David McKinley (WV); Frederica Wilson (FL); José Serrano (NY); Linda Sanchez (CA); Charles Gonzales (TX); Jackie Speier (CA); Steven Rothman (NJ); Adam Schiff (CA); Norm Dicks (WA); Russ Carnahan (MO);&amp;nbsp; Zoe Lofgren (CA); John Sarbanes (MD); Rush Holt (NJ)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Senate Members:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;John Boozman (AR); Chris Coons (DE); Johnny Isakson (GA) &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="" name="133efb1c17c4c17a_133efaf994fa1ea8__edn1" style="color: #1155cc;" title=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14px;"&gt;[i]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN"&gt;The Congressional Hispanic Caucus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN"&gt;&amp;nbsp;comprises 21 Democratic members of the United States Congress most of whom are of Hispanic origin. Founded in 1976, the Caucus is dedicated to voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanics and Latinos in the United States and Puerto Rico.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="" name="133efb1c17c4c17a_133efaf994fa1ea8__edn2" style="color: #1155cc;" title=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14px;"&gt;[ii]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN"&gt;The Congressional Hispanic Conference&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN"&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a Republican Party-controlled caucus in the United States Congress. The CHC was formed in 2003, with the stated goal of promoting policy outcomes of importance to Americans of Hispanic or Latino and Portuguese descent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"&gt;--&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;- National Latino AIDS Action Network&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal;"&gt;The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services has scheduled four  additional listening sessions (below) on developing a set of 2012  recommendations related to health and human service issues affecting  LGBT individuals and families.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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These sessions present a great opportunity to impact the health and  well-being of LGBTQ individuals and families through our participation  in the listening sessions.&amp;nbsp; To ensure that our community is  well-represented at the hearings, here are a few things you can do.&lt;br /&gt;
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·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Attend the meeting, and share your thoughts on what HHS should do to  support LGBT individuals and families.&amp;nbsp; Although the topics in the  attachments is a good starting point, HHS would like to hear your  recommendations based on your experiences as community members and  service providers living in your area.&lt;br /&gt;
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·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Share the information about the listening session throughout your  networks, and encourage people to attend.&amp;nbsp; In this particular case, the  number of people who show up matters a great deal.&lt;br /&gt;
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·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; If you are not able to participate in eitherlistening session, send  your written recommendations to the HHS office in the region in which  you reside. You can determine your regional office by viewing &lt;a href="http://lgbthealth.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=67a3c6b22311a4a73401526ff&amp;amp;id=7b2841df38&amp;amp;e=abf7810afb" style="color: maroon;"&gt;this map&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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Although HHS hears from the Coalition and other national LGBT advocacy  organizations,&amp;nbsp;department officials would like to hear recommendations  from people living in your area.&amp;nbsp;Please call or email any of the staff  of the Coalition if you have any questions.&amp;nbsp; Our office number is (202)  558-6828 and the general email address is &lt;a href="mailto:coalition@lgbthealth.net" style="color: maroon;"&gt;coalition@lgbthealth.net&lt;/a&gt;.  Also, if you decide to submit written comments or give oral testimony  during the hearing, let us know so the Coalition and its advocacy  partners can include your recommendations in our future conversation  with HHS.&lt;br /&gt;
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Thank you for everything that you do to advance the health and well-being of LGBT people.&lt;br /&gt;
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Additional HHS Regional LGBT Listening Schedule:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Milwaukee, WI&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Monday, November 28, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
5:30pm – 7:00pm&lt;br /&gt;
Milwaukee LGBT Community Center&lt;br /&gt;
252 E. Highland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI&lt;br /&gt;
(414) 271-2656&lt;br /&gt;
RSVP: &lt;a href="mailto:mcage@mkelgbt.org" style="color: maroon;"&gt;mcage@mkelgbt.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Phoenix, AZ&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Thursday, December 1, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
11:00am – 1:00pm&lt;br /&gt;
Arizona State University – Historic Post Office&lt;br /&gt;
522 N. Central Avenue&lt;br /&gt;
Phoenix, AZ 85007&lt;br /&gt;
RSVP: &lt;a href="mailto:Region9ORD@hhs.gov" style="color: maroon;"&gt;Region9ORD@hhs.gov&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Philadelphia, PA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Friday, December 2, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
10:00am – 12:00pm&lt;br /&gt;
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services&lt;br /&gt;
Public Ledger Building&lt;br /&gt;
150 S. Independence Mall West&lt;br /&gt;
Conference Room 415&lt;br /&gt;
Philadelphia, PA 19106&lt;br /&gt;
RSVP: &lt;a href="mailto:aryanna.abouzari@hhs.gov" style="color: maroon;"&gt;aryanna.abouzari@hhs.gov&lt;/a&gt; by November 30&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Atlanta, GA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Tuesday, December 20, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
1:00pm&lt;br /&gt;
U.S. Department of Health &amp;amp; Human Services&lt;br /&gt;
Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center&lt;br /&gt;
61 Forsyth St SW, 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; Floor&lt;br /&gt;
Atlanta, GA&amp;nbsp; 30303&lt;br /&gt;
RSVP: &lt;a href="mailto:Ordatlanta@hhs.gov" style="color: maroon;"&gt;Ordatlanta@hhs.gov&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;         &lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;The National         Latino AIDS Action Network (NLAAN), in collaboration with partner         organizations, invites you to take part in the upcoming webinar titled,         &lt;em&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;“Getting to AIDS 2012.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;         The webinar will highlight scholarship and volunteer opportunities for         AIDS 2012 as well as provide some successful examples on how to raise         resources to attend the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aids2012.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;XIX         International AIDS Conference&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt; (AIDS 2012) being held July 22-27, 2012 in         Washington, DC.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;The U.S.         Positive Women’s Network (PWN) will share information regarding an         online fundraising tool that will enable individuals to create a         personalized web page to share with family, friends and         colleagues.&amp;nbsp; PWN will also briefly overview a guidebook to help         people create a fundraising strategy to meet individual and/or         organizational financial goals to attend AIDS 2012.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Title:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;         Getting to AIDS 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Date:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;         December 8, 2011&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Time:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;         9:00 am &lt;u&gt;PT&lt;/u&gt; &amp;nbsp;/ &amp;nbsp;12:00 pm &lt;u&gt;ET&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;This webinar         is part of NLAAN’s &lt;strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;AIDS 2012 Brown Bag         Webinar Series&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, a nine-month capacity         building and mobilization initiative that seeks to increase knowledge         of, capacity for, and participation of communities of color at AIDS         2012. For a schedule of webinars, please visit &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/NLAAN" target="_blank"&gt;www.facebook.com/NLAAN&lt;/a&gt;         or email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:nlaan411@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;nlaan411@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;.         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;BY INTER NEWS SERVICE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;The Mental Health Alliance expressed disappointment because the company contracted by the government to offer services to mental health patients, APS Healthcare of Puerto Rico, “has excessive earnings” from offering “bad services” while noting the federal Health Department is investigating the company for those same allegations. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Mental Health Alliance spokesperson Sylvia Haya said in a radio interview Thursday “that they’re creating the illusion that good service is being offered when they really aren’t.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;She said that some 135,000 to 136,000 patients are supposed to receive medical services with a budget if $124 million, but according to Mental Health Alliance numbers, APS only spends $20 million on medications and $40 million for outpatient services.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;“I think they have excessive earnings … but horrible services,” Haya said adding that the alliance has tried to meet with Health Secretary Lorenzo González and Gov. Fortuño all to no avail.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;However, Haya noted that both the Justice Department and the Health Ombudsman are evaluating the situation.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;In addition, she said that federal agencies such as Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services, and the federal Health Department, “the ones that look after the services offered to Medicaid and Medicare patients,” have reached out to the Mental Health Alliance asking for the information and documents that prove the lack of services and excessive spending.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;“They are looking at this actively and we hope this will produce results,” Haya said.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Meanwhile, late Wednesday night, the General Workers Union rejected the final offer made by the Medical Services Administration regarding their collective bargaining agreement.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;The salary-related offers made, such as the bonus for signing the collective bargaining agreement to compensate retroactively for the time the negotiations took place after the agreement expired, were less than what the workers' negotiating committee expected, the union said in a written statement.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;As part of the administration’s offer, the negotiations of all the economic clauses for the third and fourth year of the agreement will be reevaluated on Jan. 2013, the General Workers Union said.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Rejecting the administration’s offer implies that the union’s negotiating committee will be evaluating the course of action they will take next within the next few days.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;The General Workers Union called on the government to prioritize the important role the Río Piedras Medical Center represents, considered to be the frontier between life and death, before the crisis being faced by the Mi Salud government health plan.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Medical Services Administration workers will be holding a protest Nov. 16 at 11 a.m. in front of the Health Secretary’s office building. Union workers that work at the Río Piedras Medical Center will join the protest as well, the union stated.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prdailysun.com/news/Mental-health-care-provider-criticized"&gt;http://www.prdailysun.com/news/Mental-health-care-provider-criticized&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/986028604503404477-7043043553548791236?l=vih-sida-puertorico.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Colón, de frenarse la entrega de medicamentos cruciales debido a los&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;cambios en el plan&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;de salud del gobierno.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;El planteamiento de Colón surge ante el&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;malestar&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;de diversos pacientes por escollos experimentados ante los cambios durante el traspaso de Mi Salud a la aseguradora Triple S.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Colón dijo a El Nuevo Día que la situación refleja&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;“mala administración&lt;/strong&gt;” y “mentiras” por parte del Departamento de Salud y su directivo, Lorenzo González.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;El portavoz de Pacientes de Sida pro Política Sana insistió además en la necesidad de una&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;reestructuración&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;de ASES, debido a las deficiencias sistemáticas que entienden registra esa agencia.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;“Debería contemplarse una reestructuración total de esta dependencia por sus fallas frecuentes, las cuales afectan la&lt;strong&gt;calidad de servicios&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;a pacientes afectados muchas veces por la ansiedad y la falta de seguridad que dichos fallos causan”, sostuvo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;“Por esto es hora de ocupar las diferentes salas donde se brinden servicios a los pacientes afectados por sí mismos y por familiares afectados por este proceso el cual, de haberse hecho con&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;mesura&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;y tiempo no tendría que llegar a los niveles en los cuales se encuentra”, agregó.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;La inquietud de Colón coincide con pacientes de sida que solicitaron anonimato y se comunicaron con El Nuevo Día para denunciar su temor de que la&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;entrega de medicamentos&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;clave para sus tratamientos quede paralizada en medio de esta transición.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 0.8em !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Una de las pacientes anticipó que ya el despacho de sus fármacos está paralizada y se encuentra&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;en espera&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;para poder recibirlos.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #888888;"&gt;--&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #888888;"&gt;Thank you, Gracias,&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;BY MARIA MIRANDA&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Of the Daily Sun Staff&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;mmiranda@prdailysun.net&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Dozens of Medical Services Administration (ASEM as the public corporation is known by its Spanish acronym) workers held a protest Wednesday morning at the Medical Center’s public square in Río Piedras and subsequently approved a strike vote to take effect as soon as they deem necessary.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;The workers held the protest prior to the holding of a special assembly in which they voted in favor of the strike, slated to begin within the next few days.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Workers affiliated with the General Workers Union (UGT as the union is known by its Spanish acronym) met in the morning with the Board of Directors where they announced the decision made on the collective bargaining agreement.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;UGT President Manuel Perfecto said that the union has been negotiating the collective agreement for over a year, but the administration has denied granting workers salary hikes during the next three years.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Perfecto said that the administration’s response is unacceptable.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Moments after the workers announced their decision to go on strike, ASEM Director Ernesto Torres announced that some funds had been found from some payments that had recently been made to the public corporation, and the administration was calling on the UGT to meet for further negotiations tomorrow at (Friday) at 2 p.m.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;“To this day, ASEM’s offer has been zero economic raises, including salary hikes for the next three years,” Perfecto said.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Perfecto said that he hopes Friday’s negotiations go well and that the administration makes a “reasonable economic offer.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;“If they don’t, the UGT will put into effect the vote to strike as soon as we deem necessary,” Perfecto said.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Meanwhile, Gov. Fortuño said that there is no reason for ASEM workers to go on strike, as the administration is willing to negotiate.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;“There is no reason for a strike much less when the people’s health is involved,” the governor said.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Fortuño asked Labor Secretary Miguel Romero to participate “as a mediator” in the labor conflict between the ASEM administration and the UGT.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;In a press release, Romero stated that the governor said “that we can’t allow the health services offered by ASEM to be affected because negotiations between workers and the administration are stuck.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;“In an attempt to avoid affecting the health services in ASEM I have asked the union and the administration to have a formal conversation about the labor situation and that we find solutions that meet the workers and health services claims,” Romero said.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Romero said that given the importance of the situation he will personally serve as the mediator during negotiations between both parties.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/986028604503404477-4550785657275800237?l=vih-sida-puertorico.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;Trinidad García Vargas, PhD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;Directora&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;División de Prevención de ETS/VIH&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;Estimada Dra. García:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;Mis más cordiales saludos. Primero, deseo felicitar a todas las personas que de alguna forma participaron en la preparación y realización del &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Conversatorio: Comprendiendo el Comportamiento del Hombre sexo con Hombre para la Prevención de ETS&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;. Casi la totalidad de las presentaciones y actividades fueron totalmente informativas y acertadas. La única excepción fue la presentación de Campaña de Medios Publicitario del Sr. Luis Cintrón García. Me parece que el interés principal de quienes estábamos en la actividad era ver la esperada campaña de prevención para Hombre Sexo con Hombre (HSH) y no un curso general de mercadeo, en el cual no se permitió la discusión de la mencionada campaña. Me parece que el titulo escogido para la presentación implicaba unas expectativas mayores en algunos de los presentes, sobre todo cuando la actividad estaba identificada como un conversatorio, lo cual significa que debe haber una apertura para el dialogo, las preguntas y la disidencia respetuosa. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;Durante el receso de almuerzo le pregunté al Sr. Cintrón García el por qué no se presentó la campaña a lo cual es respondió que no la habían presentado porque esta no estaba aprobada. Esta contestación me pareció ilógica cuando las propuestas anteriores habían sido compartidas con personas que se identifican con los HSH y a proveedores de servicios para a la población objetivo. Más aún, cuando una agencia publicitaria, que se aprecia de exitosa, como parte de su proceso de medir la efectividad de una campaña es validarla por personas con las características especificas de quienes son el mercado de consumo. El Sr. Cintrón García además me indico que no necesitaban la aprobación del grupo focal o del Grupo de Planificación Comunitaria, el cual solo tenía inherencia en concordar o no concordar. Si bien esta postura no violenta ninguna estipulación me parece una falta de consideración y respeto a aquellas personas que donan su tiempo a apoyar el Departamento de Salud y la División de Prevención de ETS/VIH.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;Aunque no fui invitado a las dos últimas reuniones relevantes a esta campaña (28 de septiembre y 14 de octubre, según tengo informado) conozco del descontento de muchas personas que vieron la versión final debido al contenido de la misma. La imagen de un hombre flexionando su bíceps no es específicamente alusivo o imagen de identidad de los HSH. Más allá, me parece estigmatizado y poco respetuoso de la diversidad de personas que podrían practicar esta conducta de riesgo. El mensaje &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;de Hacerte la prueba del VIH te hace más fuerte&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;,  no solo me parece ilógico y sin sentido, peor aún, me parece totalmente engañoso. ¿Fuerte de qué? ¿Fuerte por…? Según el Sr. Cintrón García la única función del Panel de Revisión de Material Educativo (PRME) es la revisión y aprobación del contenido, y no de la campaña. Sin embargo, el contenido de una campaña incluye el mensaje y la imagen que lleva la misma y dudo que personas tan capacitadas como las que integran el (PRME) les hayan dado el visto bueno a tan adversa imagen y mensaje.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;El trabajo, esfuerzo y compromiso de muchas personas para desarrollar un excelente Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning (ECHPP) debe reflejarse en todas las estrategias, incluyendo las campañas publicitarias y en todos los niveles gubernamentales, incluyendo la Fortaleza. Tenemos una excelente oportunidad de crear una campaña efectiva e histórica en Puerto Rico para HSH. Reconozco que la decisión y aprobación de esta campaña viene de varios niveles, aunque no puedo entender que en el 2011 y a 30 años de historia del VIH sigamos anteponiendo la salud pública e integral a los prejuicios y vicios moralistas de nuestros gobiernos y personas incompetentes a la hora de tomas decisiones. Más aún cuando esta conducta de riesgo impacta a las mujeres del país, otra población con alta incidencia de VIH y vulnerable a la falta de prevención e información que reciben sus parejas hombres que tienen sexo sin protección con otros hombres y que ha sido demostrado en varios estudios. Si la discordia es el uso de la palabra condón, el uso de la palabra no es la única alternativa para una prevención eficaz. Palabras como &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;protégete&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;usa el sombrero&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;sin bomba no hay cumpleaños&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;no juego sin protección&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;, son formas sutiles, y casi bobas, de llevar un mensaje y que debería tener la aprobación de los moralistas que al menos le interese la salud y bienestar del país. Al igual, hay muchísimas imágenes que se pueden utilizar en una campaña que puede llevar el mensaje sin la palabra condón. La imagen de tres hombres diversos sobrepuestas a tres empaques de profilácticos, con la palabra protégete es mucho más efectiva que lo que tenemos ahora mismo. Enfocarse solo en mensajes de hacerse la prueba es prácticamente decirles a las personas que lo único que nos interesa es que se sigan infectando para luego diagnosticarlos. Que solo nos interesan los números.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;Usted misma preguntó durante la presentación del Dr. Javier Parga, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;La psicología detrás del comportamiento de riesgo del HSH&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;, si el estigma era el factor más significativo en la barrera de prevención de HSH, y aunque el Dr. Parga y yo coincidimos en que usualmente hay una combinación de factores, también coincidimos en que el estigma es uno de los principales. Seguimos perpetuando esa barrera, seguimos haciendo campañas basadas en el estigma, la invisibilidad y el prejuicio hacia unas personas que comparten una misma conducta de riesgo. Tenemos un nefasto precedente con la campaña La Otra Cara del Sexo, nada efectiva (demostrado por las estadísticas de ETS en jóvenes) y muy criticada, No repitamos el mismo error. Opino que esto merece más esfuerzo, incluyendo educar a las personas que han sido una barrera para lograr una campaña efectiva. No se cuan comprometida esta la División de Prevención de ETS/VIH  y usted como su Directora para dar la batalla por un mejor producto, pero podría sugerir que esas personas se reúnan y dialoguen con aquellos que conocemos la población objetivo para llegar a un acuerdo efectivo. El Sr. Cintrón García me dijo que como sea que sea la campaña es un éxito porque es la primera vez que el Departamento de Salud tiene una campaña para HSH. Que equivocado está, una mala campaña no es un éxito para nadie y no creo que el Departamento de Salud quiera ser nuevamente blanco de críticas y señalamientos de prejuicio de una comunidad acostumbrada a dejarse escuchar. Esperando que esta carta sirva para que tomen las sugerencias y señalamientos en pro de re evaluar la campaña propuesta, quedo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;Peter M. Shepard-Rivas, MS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;Director Programático&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;Coaí, Inc.            &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;CC.  Margaret Wolfe, MPH&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Assistant Secretary for Family Health, Integrated Services and Health  Promotion &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Puerto Rico Department of Health&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Sa. Sandra Miranda De León&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Coordinadora Vigilancia SIDA - PRECHPP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Sandra Torres&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; PACHA Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;CDC:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Sa. María Ayala Perales&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Sr. Angel Ortiz Ricard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Panel de Revisión de Material Educativo:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Sr. Manuel González&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Sa. Blanca Cuevas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Sa. María del C. Santos Ortíz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Sa. Nydia Chéverez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Dr. Lexer Rosario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Grupo de Planificación Comunitaria:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Sa. Enid Quiles Díaz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Sa. Mirta Santos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Dr. Luis Segundo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Sr. Raymond Rodríguez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Sr. Ángel Luis Hernández &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; PR CoNCRA – Sr. Jaime Santana/Sa. Fressy Veloz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Coaí, Inc. – Sr. José J. Mulinelli Rodríguez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Comunidad Concernida:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Hombre a Hombre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Miguel Gelabert&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; José H. Díaz Vázquez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"&gt; Adalid Castro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/986028604503404477-3934655631090951174?l=vih-sida-puertorico.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;BY MARIA MIRANDA&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Of the Daily Sun Staff- October 27, 2011&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;mmiranda@prdailysun.net&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Dozens of Medical Services Administration (ASEM as the public corporation is known by its Spanish acronym) workers held a protest Wednesday morning at the Medical Center’s public square in Río Piedras and subsequently approved a strike vote to take effect as soon as they deem necessary.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;The workers held the protest prior to the holding of a special assembly in which they voted in favor of the strike, slated to begin within the next few days.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Workers affiliated with the General Workers Union (UGT as the union is known by its Spanish acronym) met in the morning with the Board of Directors where they announced the decision made on the collective bargaining agreement.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;UGT President Manuel Perfecto said that the union has been negotiating the collective agreement for over a year, but the administration has denied granting workers salary hikes during the next three years.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Perfecto said that the administration’s response is unacceptable.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Moments after the workers announced their decision to go on strike, ASEM Director Ernesto Torres announced that some funds had been found from some payments that had recently been made to the public corporation, and the administration was calling on the UGT to meet for further negotiations tomorrow at (Friday) at 2 p.m.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;“To this day, ASEM’s offer has been zero economic raises, including salary hikes for the next three years,” Perfecto said.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Perfecto said that he hopes Friday’s negotiations go well and that the administration makes a “reasonable economic offer.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;“If they don’t, the UGT will put into effect the vote to strike as soon as we deem necessary,” Perfecto said.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Meanwhile, Gov. Fortuño said that there is no reason for ASEM workers to go on strike, as the administration is willing to negotiate.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;“There is no reason for a strike much less when the people’s health is involved,” the governor said.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Fortuño asked Labor Secretary Miguel Romero to participate “as a mediator” in the labor conflict between the ASEM administration and the UGT.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;In a press release, Romero stated that the governor said “that we can’t allow the health services offered by ASEM to be affected because negotiations between workers and the administration are stuck.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;“In an attempt to avoid affecting the health services in ASEM I have asked the union and the administration to have a formal conversation about the labor situation and that we find solutions that meet the workers and health services claims,” Romero said.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Romero said that given the importance of the situation he will personally serve as the mediator during negotiations between both parties.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/986028604503404477-7946294848773936946?l=vih-sida-puertorico.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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