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As a model of the kind of investment advocates would like to see, they point to the Ryan White Care Act, a bipartisan bill that was passed in 1990. It allowed for billions of dollars in treatment and other support for people with HIV and AIDS, including antiretroviral drugs for anyone without insurance. More news on the crisis comes from California, Colorado and Ohio.