Dear President Obama and Congressional People,
I don’t think that the government should cut off Ryan
White Part D. Even though I’m
still a kid and may not understand everything about this, I know it’s not
right. Part D really helps people
who have HIV and their families too.
I have learned a lot because of the programs under Part D and I don’t
want this too all go away. And I
don’t want a bunch of people who work in Part D to lose their jobs either. I want them to still be able to help me
and help other people too.
I don’t see why you guys want to cut this off and send us to
another part of Ryan White that’s not even for us. That will really confuse people and make them not even want
to go to those places. And how do
you know that the people from the other part of Ryan White want to join hands
and work with all the women and kids and young adults and stuff? That’s not
fair to them to have to change what they’re good at when there’s already people
who do that stuff.
Like right now, Part D is helping women all around. Not trying to be mean, but just because
girls and guys are equal doesn’t mean we are the same. Plus, Part D has worked really hard to
make sure that a lot of families keep the adults and kids safe. Did you know that a lot of the kids are
non HIV+ now? And a lot of the
parents are undetectable, like me?
That means they take their meds and they hardly have any HIV in their
blood at all. So they don’t make
other people get HIV even though they are still positive. Like when I have my kids, when I get
older. I bet they won’t have HIV,
just me.
I don’t always feel like taking my meds, but I take them
anyway. My case manager is there
for me. For years, the other people
in the Ryan White Part D programs supported me and they are there for me and my
family. I’ve watched some stuff
and heard about stuff that makes me scared. I’m a kid. I
know what we think and what’s going on.
You have no idea what problems might happen if we don’t have programs
that are meant for young people, because we think different stuff and do
different stuff. We need our own
attention.
Even if you are having some kind of problem, Part D
shouldn’t be cut off. That doesn’t
mean you can fix stuff by putting us all in one group. Keep us the way we are. The only reason I know anything about
being healthy with HIV is BECAUSE of Ryan White Part D. If Ryan White Part D wasn’t there, me,
my mom, and my whole family would just be lost. I know what HIV meds do to me, what it affects me if I don’t
take them, why I need to protect myself and other people and keep healthy.
I can’t do much, because I’m just a kid. But you can do something. We need to keep on having this. May 14, 2014
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