Florida's Department of Health is stopping coverage for antivirals to 10,000 low-income people with HIV infection

[In It to Win It]

TALLAHASSEE - An estimated 10,000 people are about to lose access to their HIV medication as the Florida Department of Health makes cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).

A note on the ADAP website explains that only people at or below 130% of the federal poverty line now qualify for this program.

That means that an individual must make $20,345 or less to qualify for drug assistance.

The previous cut-off was 400% or below the poverty line. That person would make $62,600.

What they're saying:

Jeremiah Johnson, the executive director at Prep for All, says that there are better solutions.

"Slow this down, talk to the community about what the better solutions are and see if there's any other pathway out of this," Johnson said.

https://www.fox13news.com/news/thousands-lose-access-hiv-drugs-new-cuts

Catastrophe: Florida's Department of Health is stopping coverage for antivirals to 10,000 low-income people with HIV infection, blaming impending federal cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. 12.5% of Americans with HIV live in Florida.

— John Ross (@johnrossmd.bsky.social) 2026-01-19T15:38:22.538Z

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

1. Terrible

[newdeal2]

2. Apparently the shortfall is due to Republicans refusing to do anything about the ACA

Those rich fucks don’t care about the rest of us.

[Norrrm]

3. The king says; the dead cost nothing.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b1Ad6Ed7L0s