Increasing overall AIDS funding by more than 56 percent in four years.

Creating the Office of National AIDS Policy at the White House to 
bring greater direction and visibility to the war on AIDS.

Convening the first-ever White House Conference on HIV and AIDS and 
appointing the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS, composed 
of a group of whom 30 percent are HIV-positive and 50 percent are 
self-identified lesbian or gay.

Increasing funding for the Ryan White CARE Act 186 percent in four 
years to nearly $1 billion.

Tripling federal funding for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program to help 
those without insurance coverage obtain prescription drugs.

Strengthening the Office of AIDS Research at NIH and vesting it with 
new authority to plan and carry out the AIDS research agenda.

Accelerating AIDS drug approval to record times. In four years, the 
FDA has approved 16 new AIDS drugs and 3 new diagnostic tests.

Doubling funding for Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS.

Winning the fight to preserve the Medicaid guarantee of coverage for 
the more than 50 percent of people living with AIDS who rely on 
Medicaid for health coverage.

Revising eligibility rules for Social Security Disability Insurance to 
make it easier for people with HIV to qualify for benefits.

Signing the Kassebaum-Kennedy Health Insurance and Portability and 
Accountability Act, which bans insurance discrimination against people 
with pre-existing medical conditions, including HIV/AIDS.

Launching a four-year $100 million effort to develop topical 
microbicides to allow people to protect themselves from HIV.

Establishing the HIV prevention community planning partnership, which 
empowers local communities to make decisions about the direction of 
AIDS protection programs.

Launching the Prevention Marketing Initiative, focusing on the risk to 
young adults (aged 18 to 25) with frank public service announcements 
recommending sexual abstinence and, for those who are sexually active, 
the correct and consistent use of latex condoms.

Vigorously enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act, which 
prohibits discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS. More than 800 
charges of AIDS-related discrimination have been settled in four years.

Leading the fight to repeal the discriminatory “Dornan Amendment,” 
which would have discharged all HIV-positive military personnel.

Creating the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research to improve knowledge 
of HIV treatment methods.

Working with AIDS activists to protect the rights of immigrants with 
HIV and people living with AIDS enrolled in managed care plans.

Creating the Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in 
the Health Care Industry to increase consumers’ rights.

Eliminating barriers to AIDS vaccine and drug development and their 
approval. Vice President Gore is leading an effort to increase 
cooperation between the federal government and the pharmaceutical 
industry on AIDS research and drug development.

Protecting the federal guarantee of Medicaid coverage for people 
living with HIV/AIDS.

Continuing strong support for the Office of AIDS Research at the 
National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide greater focus and 
direction for our national AIDS research effort.

Decreasing the number of infants born with HIV by administering AZT to 
HIV positive women during pregnancy and delivery and to infants after 
birth.

Supporting efforts to protect health care professionals in the 
workplace.

Establishing a national goal to reduce the number of new HIV 
infections each year until AIDS is eradicated.

Working to eliminate AIDS-related discrimination in the workplace, 
health care institutions, employment, and housing.

Collaborating with business leaders to increase workplace AIDS 
education to help reduce the stigma attached to HIV/AIDS.

Working with parents, schools, clergy, and youth advocates to reduce 
the number of adolescents and young adults becoming infected with HIV.