Like many
government AIDS programs in Africa, Botswana's has been heavily influenced by Western donors, who have spent billions of dollars promoting condoms but have placed little emphasis on advising people to have fewer sexual partners.
If someone wants to offer that the real purpose of this law is to furtively provide healthcare for the poor — for people who couldn't afford contraceptives, now they can get it — then we can finally discuss why this
hidden government aid program, didn't include any means testing — why does it apply to millionaires equally to the poor?
On the heels of its decision yesterday in Trinity Lutheran v. Comer, the Supreme Court today granted cert to and vacated state supreme court decisions out of Colorado and New Mexico that used Blaine Amendments to exclude religious schools
from government aid programs.
Since this program is not means tested and not constructed as
a government aid program — it has no semblance of being targeted at the poor, and it is certainly not being run in the style of earlier programs for the poor.
Additionally, if you are frustrated by Medicaid or a County Health Plan, our agents are equipped to help you sort through
the Government Aid programs available in your state.