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Florida Department of Health cuts to HIV, AIDS program enacted as thousands risk losing access

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I don't want to hear your Floridan republicans crying, whining, or complaining. THIS IS WHAT YOU VOTED FOR. ENJOY YOUR WINNING!!!! So besides your insurance INCREASING, your ADAP is DECREASING. That means even MORE money out of YOUR pocket for your HIV care. Enjoy all your winning and America first. Like I said, DON'T COMPLAIN, YOU VOTED FOR THIS… read more

Florida Department of Health cuts to HIV, AIDS program enacted as thousands risk losing access
Florida Department of Health cuts to HIV, AIDS program enacted as thousands risk losing access
March 2
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A myHIVteam Member

throwing politics in people faces is tacky ? want you want from them? suicide?beg. for forgivness. ? i dont get it I VOTED FOR NEITHER THE 3RD CANDIDATE ..END OF THE DAY I FEND FOR MYSELF

April 24
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A myHIVteam Member

yeah i voted for trump? AND? 🙋

April 24
A myHIVteam Member

@A myHIVteam Member ~ I must inquire, what specific USAID programs are "stupid"

Here, we are lucky to have things such as Ryan White Funding (Parts A-F), we have HOPWA funding that was renewed more in FY26 at 524m, what am I exactly missing here as to how we're not lucky?

But it is our duty to keep these programs funded, and to do so we must fight as if our lives depended on it, as you can see with the Medicaid Cuts under One Big Horrible Bill, that was dangerous, and I believe your anger is misdirected.

March 7 (edited)
A myHIVteam Member

Where is your concrete proof that “all the illegals … flood the system”? That stereotype is false

March 4
A myHIVteam Member

I sincerely doubt many of those Floridians with HIV/AIDS voted for this particular decision of Florida’s Department of Health, and I think it unfair that the bearer of this message insinuates it is their fault — it is not. As a matter of fact, I suspect that HIV/AIDS is not even represented well in the Florida House nor in their Senate nor by the vast majority of decision-makers in Florida’s Department of Health. It is unfortunate that the current political tenor in this country sparks such extreme emotions in even the best of us, and while I clearly hear and may even agree with a less-rancid tirade on Floridian voters, to cast all Republicans or all Democrats under one homogenous umbrella is as shortsighted as saying that all queers are HIV positive, and common sense tells us the opposite. It is a disservice to those Florida HIV/AIDS patients to hold them responsible for this short-sighted and almost-guaranteed harmful decision; it is in times like this we must flock together and double down on using our voices to be heard, to change policy, and to educate rather than to be shunned because of erroneous and rude political overtones. The bearer of this message is correct in writing that “[they] voted for it, now [they] can own it,” but “they” need help in determining the importance of state subsidies rather than accepting or condoning a status quo. “They” can vote again; “they: can protest; hell, “they” can even move out of Florida, but “they” cannot be held responsible en masse for this horrible doomsday ruling of the Florida Department of Health. Our words and our voices count, now more than ever — let’s not fall into bad politics at this juncture (indeed, many may ask why even inject politics of this sort into this particular fray?). Let’s think before we speak; let’s plan before we act. Let’s make the difference.

March 2

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