The Boston Globe reports:
Deep cuts in federal funding will force Massachusetts to immediately slash or eliminate many key HIV and AIDS prevention services, programs that were central to driving down the infection rates in the state by more than 50 percent over the past decade, according to a top Patrick administration official.Great moments in ObamaCare.
The state Department of Public Health began notifying a network of community health agencies on Friday about the $4.3 million reduction, which is roughly one-quarter of the state’s annual AIDS prevention budget.