Quick Hit Angela Caputo Wednesday January 27th, 2010, 10:15am

AIDS Drug Assistance Program Under Seige

Currently, 4,600 Illinoisans rely on the Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), with over 100 additional people -- many of them unemployed -- applying each month.  To meet an anticipated 15 percent surge in enrollees this year, the state is now being forced to cut back on another important service: HIV prevention.  Last week, State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz (D-Chicago) convened a public hearing in Chicago to brainstorm "a balanced and sustainable solution to this public health emergency.”  David Ormsby has more on the latest casualty of the state budget crisis.

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