Professional Clip 16: Elizabeth Glaser, 1992 Speech to the
Democratic National Convention
AIDS
activist Elizabeth Glaser makes a claim of value that it is unfair some
Americans can afford health care and insurance while others cannot. She backs
up her value judgment by citing the example of the high cost of AIDS care (over
$40,000 a year) and by explaining that the drugs she takes for her own ailments
are not affordable for many people.