'Trump doesn't care about HIV,' say advisers who resigned
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Source: CNN
Updated 4:20 PM ET, Tue June 20, 2017
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Six members of an HIV/AIDS advisory council resigned last week
Republican health care bill cited as one reason for resignations
(CNN)Six members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS resigned last week, owing to "a president who simply does not care," one member wrote in a Newsweek op-ed on Friday headlined "Trump doesn't care about HIV. We're outta here."
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On Inauguration Day, however, they noticed that the Office of National AIDS Policy website had been taken down.
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Since becoming president, Trump has not appointed anyone to lead that office, vacant due to the change in administration, said Schoettes.
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The final straw, he said, came with the House Republicans healthcare plan. The current draft removes protections for people with pre-existing conditions. The bill also rolls back the expansion of Medicaid, which covers over 40% of people who receive care for HIV.
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It is like they are invisible to Trump!!
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