The Great American Recovery Needs More Than a Slogan

GLP-1 medications show promise for treating substance use disorder. But breakthrough drugs can't help people the system is designed to exclude.

Feb 9 • Travis Joseph Roppolo

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Congress Rejects HIV Cuts, But Flat Funding Won't End the Epidemic

Congress rejects proposed cuts but flat funding won't scale long-acting innovations or meet growing needs, but at least we get some PBM reform.

Feb 2 • Travis Joseph Roppolo

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January 2026

The Body That Moved the Needle

Minneapolis, the budget for brutality, and the body that finally mattered

Jan 27 • Travis Joseph Roppolo

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Dear America, Own Your Shit

I wrote this in 2017 after Charlottesville. I'm republishing it now because we haven't learned a goddamn thing.

Jan 27 • Travis Joseph Roppolo

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Florida's ADAP Cuts Put 16,000 People Living with HIV at Risk

Sweeping eligibility changes and formulary restrictions threaten treatment continuity as advocates demand transparency and a halt to March 1…

Jan 26 • Travis Joseph Roppolo

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ACA Subsidies in Limbo: What the Senate Framework Means for Patients

Congress races to salvage affordable coverage as millions face premium spikes and negotiators clash over cost-sharing provisions

Jan 12 • Travis Joseph Roppolo

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December 2025

Policy Failures, Not Fate: Inside 2025’s Health-Care Unraveling

ACA subsidies, HIV funding, and drug pricing reforms collide as Congress faces a January deadline with no clear path forward

Dec 8, 2025 • Travis Joseph Roppolo

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November 2025

I Didn’t Plan for Advocacy or Gratitude, Yet Here They Are

On identity, collapse, and the quiet work of learning to show up again.

Nov 30, 2025 • Travis Joseph Roppolo

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The HIV Care System Is Breaking Before Congress Even Cuts It

Administrative sabotage has already destabilized HIV services nationwide. Actual funding cuts would finish the job.

Nov 17, 2025 • Travis Joseph Roppolo

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Federal Policy Changes Threaten to Overwhelm ADAPs

As insurance losses accelerate and funding shrinks, ADAPs face their most serious crisis since 2010.

Nov 10, 2025 • Travis Joseph Roppolo

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October 2025

Clade I Mpox Emerges as Public Health Capacity Collapses

The deadlier strain is here — and the infrastructure we needed vanished before it arrived.

Oct 27, 2025 • Travis Joseph Roppolo

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The Debt We Owe: How Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Showed Us What Solidarity Means

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy died on October 13, 2025, at her home in Little Rock, Arkansas, surrounded by family and the chosen community she spent 78…

Oct 20, 2025 • Travis Joseph Roppolo

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