$48 billion??

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What am I not "getting" here?

How far would 48,000,000,000 tax dollars go in jump starting a Universal Health Care system for the USA?
Why, when nearly 50,000,000 of our citizens go without the protection of health insurance and risk everything they own, are we spending this kind of money overseas on a health program?


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Senate agrees to triple anti-AIDS funding
U.S. to spend up to $48 billion in ambitious foreign public health program
The Associated Press
updated 4:54 p.m. PT, Wed., July. 16, 2008

WASHINGTON - The Senate voted Wednesday to triple spending for a much-acclaimed program that has treated and protected millions in Africa and elsewhere from the scourges of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.

The 80-16 vote committed the United States to spending up to $48 billion over the next five years for the most ambitious foreign public health program ever launched by the United States.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25708560/

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1. How many $$ for AIDS epidemic in US? nt

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2. What happens when a family member has AIDS...

...and is uninsured?

The family loses everything paying for expensive treatment while $48 Billion flys overseas?

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