Trump’s Project 2025 federal funding freeze continues to have disastrous consequences for Americans across the country, this time depriving Virginians of critical health care. From Day 1, Trump has launched repeated assaults on Americans’ health care: he revoked executive orders to strengthen Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act and to lower drug prices, tapped Dr. Oz to gut Medicare and Medicaid, and picked RFK Jr., who doesn’t believe in health care access, to run HHS. As Trump continues to put Americans last and attack critical health care access, working families and patients are stuck paying the price. 

Here’s a look at how Trump is gutting critical health care for Virginians: 

VPM News: “Half of Virginia’s community health centers have been cut off from federal grant money, forcing some to stop providing certain services and others to close branches.

“The commonwealth has 31 Federally Qualified Health Centers with over 200 locations — a majority of which serve rural areas with limited access to medical care. Annually, about 400,000 Virginians rely on the care provided by these nonprofit, community-based centers, according to the Virginia Community Healthcare Association. …

“Since Jan. 28, 16 of the state’s FQHCs have been unable to access federal funding that allows them to pay employees, according to Joe Stevens, a VCHA spokesperson. …

“Despite the delayed spending freeze, multiple community health centers across Virginia have been unable to access their federal grants — blocking one of their three primary funding sources, along with Medicaid reimbursements and private insurance policy revenue. …

“CAHN’s message to patients reiterated that the consolidation of services would have no impact on patient care. But Stevens said not all affected FQHCs have the benefit of multiple nearby locations. …

“The rural parts of the commonwealth will be affected more than some of the urban areas.’”