In Elton John’s book, Love Is The Cure , the singer says it would be surprisingly economical for the United States to go from “treatment and prevention for some, to treatment and prevention for all who need it.”
The United States is already at the forefront of curing AIDS.
The government pledged $48 billion between 2009 and 2013 to help fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in the developing world. However, there are still thirty-four million people living with AIDS and the number is growing.
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According to a study by UNAIDS, it would only cost Americans an additional $5 to $7 billion a year through 2020 to end AIDS.
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That's less than the annual expenditure on chocolate: $12.6 billion
Annual expenditure on supplements and herbal remedies: $14.8 Billion
