06/25/2025
The Part F components of the Ryan White HIV/ADIS Program are scheduled to end. Part F includes the Community-Based Dental Partnership Program, the Dental Reimbursement Program, the AIDS Education and Training Centers as well as the Special Projects of National significance. Please raise your voice to protect these vital services!
In a powerful co-authored article for USA TODAY, Jeanne White-Ginder, and Elton John reflect on the legacy of the Ryan White CARE Act and why now is a critical moment to protect and expand HIV prevention programs in the United States.
Passed just four months after Ryan’s death from AIDS in 1990 at the age of 18, the Ryan White CARE Act continues to provide essential care to over half a million Americans living with HIV.
The End the HIV Epidemic initiative has also already reduced new HIV infections by 21% in priority communities since its 2019 launch. But with proposed cuts to federal funding for HIV prevention and Medicaid on the table, this remarkable progress is at risk.
“Together, their investments over time have created this once-in-a-generation opportunity to end AIDS in America by 2030," said Elton John and Jeanne White-Ginder, Ryan White’s mother, as cuts are debated in Congress. “The game-changing opportunity of the moment is to scale up prevention medication that keeps people HIV-free… Ryan would expect nothing less.”
Read the full op-ed: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/06/24/medicaid-cuts-hiv-aids-medication-prep-funding/84286896007/
