Lindsey Dawson (she/her)
@lindseydawson.bsky.social
Director, LGBTQ Health Policy; Assoc. Director, HIV Policy @KFF.org
Writing & thinking about health access & data related to #HIV and #LGBTQ+ health policy.
Writing & thinking about health access & data related to #HIV and #LGBTQ+ health policy.
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-...
May 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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-...
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:
April 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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: