When the question is asked about federal spending on HIV/AIDS compared with other health problems such as heart disease and cancer, the public is again supportive, with most either saying spending on HIV/AIDS is about right (43%) or too low (29%); only a small shares (13%) say such spending is too high when compared to other health problems.

However, the public has been somewhat divided on whether AIDS spending is too little or about right. Historically, about four in ten people have said HIV/AIDS spending is too low compared with spending on other health problems, though in 2002 and 2005, fewer (29%) said too little is spent on HIV/AIDS. Over time, the percent saying AIDS spending is about right in relation to other health problems has increased somewhat from 29% in 1994 to about four in ten (43%) in 2005.