AHF: Florida Lawmakers Reach Deal to Reverse HIV Drug Cuts
Budget agreement restores AIDS Drug Assistance Program eligibility to 400% of the poverty level, brings back covered medications, and funds the program with $75 million
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today welcomed a Florida budget agreement that reverses this year's cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). The deal restores eligibility to 400 percent of the federal poverty level, reverses the drug restrictions the Department of Health had imposed, and provides $75 million to run the program.
"Florida's health department walked away from people living with HIV. Lawmakers brought them back," said Esteban Wood, Director of Advocacy & Legislative Affairs at AHF.
ADAP keeps Floridians living with HIV on the medication that keeps them alive. For tens of thousands of people, it is the difference between managing a chronic condition and a medical crisis.
