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Lindsey Dawson (she/her) @lindseydawson.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

LGBT adults face problems with health care affordability. About half say it's difficult to afford these costs; half say they've skipped/postponed care due to cost. These challenges could grow as new policies are set to leave millions uninsured. www.kff.org/health-costs... w/@lunnalopes.bsky.social

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Health Care Access and Financial Barriers Among LGBT People Amidst Looming Health Care Cuts | KFF

This brief reviews new data from the May 2025 KFF Health Tracking Poll on LGBT adult’s experiences and concerns related to health care affordability. Overall, the findings show that LGBT adults face m...

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Lindsey Dawson (she/her) @lindseydawson.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

988 suicide & crisis line’s service for LGBTQ young people has fielded over 1M contacts—but the FY2026 budget request eliminates its funding. As usage rises, its future is uncertain. Our new brief explores the landscape and latest data: www.kff.org/mental-healt... w/ @heathersaunders.bsky.social

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Growing Uncertainty About the Future of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline's LGBTQI+ Service | KFF

This brief reviews the latest data on the 988 LGBTQI+ service and explores its future, including recent uncertainties.

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Lindsey Dawson (she/her) @lindseydawson.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

The reconciliation bill initially would have prohibited Medicaid from covering gender affirming care for minors. A last minute amendment would extend that prohibition to adults. Medicaid provides insurance to one in five transgender adults. www.kff.org/other/issue-...

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Lindsey Dawson (she/her) @lindseydawson.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

The first #100Days of the 2nd Trump presidency have been marked by efforts to limit #LGBTQ+ people’s access to health care, civil rights protections, and recognition of their identities. We have been tracking these actions as they relate to health policy: www.kff.org/other/fact-s...

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Overview of President Trump’s Executive Actions Impacting LGBTQ+ Health | KFF

This tracker examines Executive Actions taken by the Trump administration that have the potential to impact LGBTQ+ people’s health. It lists the action taken by date, provisions relevant to LGBTQ+ hea...

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Lindsey Dawson (she/her) @lindseydawson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Our new KFF brief examines the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative’s (EHE) activities & impact to date and what its future might look like under the 2nd Trump administration. kff.org/policy-watch... We also updated our EHE funding tracker (link below).

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What Does the Future Hold for the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative (EHE)? | KFF

This analysis examines what the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative has done to date and what its future might look like under the second Trump administration.

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Lindsey Dawson (she/her) @lindseydawson.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Today we released a new piece that consolidates information on recent HIV related HHS staff reductions, office closures, & other restructuring initiatives. These actions come on top of NIH grant cuts & threats to CDC's prevention funding. w/ @jenkatesdc.bsky.social www.kff.org/policy-watch...

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What Do Federal Staffing Cuts and HHS Restructuring Mean for the Nation’s HIV Response? | KFF

This policy watch examines the impact of federal staff cuts and HHS restructuring on the nation's HIV response.

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Lindsey Dawson (she/her) @lindseydawson.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

With CDC staff & programs cuts, the Medical Monitoring Project (MMP) could be at risk. MMP is a rich data source on people w/ HIV & has been core to much of our HIV work for over a decade. Eliminating it would create a data gap. A thread highlighting some of our MMP based work:

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KFF @kff.org · 19/03/2025

⚡KFF’s @lindseydawson.bsky.social writes about the implications of a potential funding cut to the CDC’s HIV prevention budget. #QuickTake on.kff.org/4izGLZR

FF graphic featuring a quote from Lindsey Dawson, KFF Associate Director for HIV Policy. It says, “Eliminating [HIV prevention] funding could jeopardize recent successes in addressing the nation’s HIV epidemic, including those related to the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative, which the first Trump administration created... Diminished prevention efforts would likely lead to an increase in HIV incidence, with negative implications for individual well-being, public health, and health costs.”

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Lindsey Dawson (she/her) @lindseydawson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Our new guide examines Trump Admin executive actions that could have a direct impact on #LGBTQ+ people’s health. It includes an overview of key provisions, their known/potential impact, and related litigation and will be updated as needed. w @jenkatesdc.bsky.social www.kff.org/other/fact-s...

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Overview of President Trump’s Executive Actions Impacting LGBTQ+ Health | KFF

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KFF @kff.org · 11/02/2025

President Trump’s Executive Order that aims to restrict youth access to gender affirming care doesn’t immediately change policies or regulations, but there’s significant confusion. Here’s a look at state responses and legal challenges filed by the @aclu.org and other groups⤵️

KFF graphic showing the key provisions of President Trump’s Executive Order on Gender Affirming Care:

Directs agency/department heads to take steps to prohibit those receiving certain federal research grants, (e.g. hospitals and medical schools), from proving gender affirming care to children.

Directs the Secretary of HHS to take regulatory and sub-regulatory actions to end gender affirming care for children across a range of programs and limit explicit protections for such access.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to “commence a rulemaking or sub-regulatory action” further restricting access to gender affirming care for children in TRICARE.

Directs the Office of Personnel Management Director to limit access to care in coverage for federal employees’ families by including a provision in two federal health benefits programs requiring eligible carriers to exclude “coverage for pediatric transgender surgeries or hormone treatments.

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Lindsey Dawson (she/her) @lindseydawson.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Ahead of tomorrow's SCOTUS arguments challenging TN's ban on minor access to gender affirming care, our new brief provides background on state bans, explains the challenge to the TN law, and explores the potential impact of a Court ruling. With @lauriesobel.bsky.social www.kff.org/other/issue-...

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What to Know Ahead of the Supreme Court Case on Youth Access to Gender Affirming Care | KFF

This brief provides background on gender affirming care and state bans, explains the legal challenge to the Tennessee law, and explores the potential Supreme Court ruling and impact on access across t...

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