ICYMI: Washington Blade: DNC Slams White House for Slashing Fla. AIDS Funding Arrow

Key Point: "The Trump-Vance administration and congressional Republicans' 'Big Beautiful Bill' could strip more than 10,000 Floridians of life-saving HIV medication. … 'Cruelty is a feature and not a bug of the Trump administration. In the latest attack on the LGBTQ+ community, Donald Trump and Florida Republicans are ripping away life-saving HIV medication from over 10,000 Floridians because they refuse to extend enhanced ACA tax credits,' Democratic National Committee spokesperson Albert Fujii told the Washington Blade. 'While Donald Trump and his allies continue to make clear that they don't give a damn about millions of Americans and our community, Democrats will keep fighting to protect health care for LGBTQ+ Americans across the country.'"

Washington Blade: DNC slams White House for slashing Fla. AIDS funding

By Joe Reberkenny

• The Trump-Vance administration and congressional Republicans' "Big Beautiful Bill" could strip more than 10,000 Floridians of life-saving HIV medication.

• The Florida Department of Health announced there would be large cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program in the Sunshine State.

• "Cruelty is a feature and not a bug of the Trump administration. In the latest attack on the LGBTQ+ community, Donald Trump and Florida Republicans are ripping away life-saving HIV medication from over 10,000 Floridians because they refuse to extend enhanced ACA tax credits," Democratic National Committee spokesperson Albert Fujii told the Washington Blade. "While Donald Trump and his allies continue to make clear that they don't give a damn about millions of Americans and our community, Democrats will keep fighting to protect health care for LGBTQ+ Americans across the country."

• More than 4.7 million people in Florida receive health insurance through the federal marketplace, according to KKF, an independent source for health policy research and polling. That is the largest amount of people in any state to be receiving federal health care - despite it only being the third most populous state.

• Florida also has one of the largest shares of people who use the AIDS Drug Assistance Program who are on the federal marketplace: about 31 percent as of 2023, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

• The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors estimates that more than 16,000 people will lose coverage.