#michael weinstein

[coeurdeverre82]

chicago april 1979

[gettothedancing]

Powerhouse AIDS organization faces scrutiny for use of federal money

The senator’s concerns center on a somewhat obscure federal drug discount program known as 340B, which requires pharmaceutical companies to sell their drugs at steep discounts to participating hospitals and other providers that serve a significant percentage of indigent patients.

The providers, including the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which operates more than 50 pharmacies nationwide, are then allowed to turn around and charge public programs like Medicaid and Medicare for the standard amount. The providers then use the difference to enhance staffing and provide services to help low-income patients.

But none of the savings reaped from 340B — or virtually any federal grant or funding program — can be used for lobbying or any kind of political expenses.

Quick question: what does rent control have to do with preventing AIDS?

The organization, whose website says it currently provides services to 1 million individuals in 43 countries, claims to be the largest provider of HIV care in the world. It is headed by Michael Weinstein, who has since become known as the “CEO of HIV" — and whose critics have cited the organization’s aggressive political activism in dubbing him “the Koch Brothers of public health,’’ as a New York Times 2017 profile once noted.

The organization in June dropped $400,000 on an effort to put a rent control measure on the 2020 ballot that would affect residential properties over 15 years old, according to the California Secretary of State’s website. That effort will come before voters two years after AHF spent nearly $24 million on Prop. 10, another unsuccessful rent control effort.

[icphoto]

Tomorrow night at the #ICPMuseum, Melody Melamed and Michael M. Weinstein will discuss Melamed's "Work in Progress" series. http://bit.ly/2oydC7I

[coeurdeverre82]

gaspar's chicago april 1979

[theglisted]

Raven-Symone, Sampson McCormick, B.Slade To Be Honored As Vanguards In Puerto Rico

Raven-Symone, Sampson McCormick, B.Slade To Be Honored As Vanguards In Puerto Rico

Let’s get ready for another hot Memorial Day weekend in Puerto Rico this coming May as we celebrate Black LGBTQ excellence with the organizers of Xscape Puerto Rico. The Xscape organizers have announced their second annual Vanguard Awards honorees at the weekend excursion. Comedian Sampson McCormick, TV star Raven-Symone and singer B.Slade lead the list of notables and beloved allies who will be…

View On WordPress

[milfordnow]

Eric Frein Attorney: Seeking Change of Venue, Expected Trial Date

Eric Frein Attorney: Seeking Change of Venue, Expected Trial Date

Eric Frein arrives at the Pike County Courthouse in January 2015. (Image by Preston Ehrler, ©MilfordNow. No reproduction without permission.) In a meeting with MilfordNow, Eric Frein attorney Michael Weinstein indicated that because of “extensive discovery material,” he has sought an extension of time to file pretrial motions. Possible Motions Additionally, Weinstein said he believes he is…

View On WordPress

[processedlives]

Coercion is defined in terms of controlling spaces rather than in terms of controlling actions in order to prepare a ground for distinguishing among significantly different processes through which human actions are controlled. Once the control of spaces has been described, this mode of domination will be contrasted with the control of imagination, the control of will, and the control of opportunity.

Michael Weinstein, Coercion