An Ocala mother who was featured in The Washington Post says she fears losing access to affordable HIV medication, as the state moves to impose new income limits on access to funding for the drugs due to “rising health care insurance premiums” and a dearth in federal funding.
Tori Samuel was featured in a report by the Post on Sunday, February 1, about the upcoming changes to the state’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).
“It’s chaotic right now with people not knowing the fate of their healthcare,” Samuel told the Post in an interview. A mother of three, Samuel says that her daily medication regimen keeps her viral load suppressed, or “undetectable.” This status ensures she remains healthy and cannot transmit the virus to her family…