My Quest to Improve Care

摘要

For the past 14 years, ive had a photo of a young man named Ricky Ray in my office. 1 met Ricky and the rest of the Ray family on the campaign trail in 1992. Ricky and his brothers were hemophiliacs who contracted HIV through blood transfusions. When i first met Ricky, it was clear that he was very ill. After 1 was elected, 1 spoke to Ricky on the phone and invited him and his family to my Inauguration. His family came, but sadly, Ricky died just weeks before. When I was president I worked to get the resources necessary to turn back the tide of AIDS in America and to triple our meager contribution to fighting the global epidemic.