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During his filibuster, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), read from letters urging Congress not to cut funding to Medicaid, including a letter by the HIV Health Care Access Working Group (HHCAWG), part of the Federal AIDS Policy Partnership.
He read from the part of the letter that stated, “We are writing on behalf of 95 national, regional, and local organizations advocating for federal funding, legislation, and policy to end the HIV epidemic in the United States. We urge Congress to reject all proposals to enact cuts to Medicaid—whether through per capita caps or block grants, reductions to the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), or mandatory work requirements—during reconciliation for the 2025 and 2026 fiscal year budgets. Medicaid is the most important source of health coverage and life-saving care for people living with HIV, providing coverage for more than 40% of people living with HIV and contributing 45% of all federal funding for domestic HIV care and treatment.”
His statements came as part of his 25-hour filibuster on the Senate floor.
CHLPI is a co-Chair of the HIV Health Care Access Working Group and helped draft this letter.
Read the full HHCAWG letter to Congress.
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