Families of Seriously Ill Children are in Washington, DC for “Speak Now for Kids Family Advocacy Day,” an Annual Event Hosted by the Children’s Hospital Association
Sophia Forde, Mother Grateful for Medicaid
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Patients from children’s hospitals and their families are letting Congressional leaders know that Medicaid needs to work to protect the health of their children and that budget cuts are not the solution to improved care. Families of seriously ill children are in Washington, DC for “Speak Now for Kids Family Advocacy Day,” an annual event hosted by the Children’s Hospital Association.
Sophia Forde describes how Medicaid helped her eleven year old Hunter Henry get the treatment he needed at the HSC Pediatric Center in Washington, D.C.
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HUNTER HAS CEREBRAL PALSY AND TODAY HIS CONDITION IS FINALLY STABILIZED BUT IN HIS SHORT LIFE HE HAS HAD SEVEN MAJOR OPERATIONS AND YEARS OF THERAPY. HUNTER’S MEDICAL NEEDS HAVE BEEN COMPLEX, AND THANKS TO MEDICAID, HUNTER’S COMPLEX MEDICAL NEEDS HAVE BEEN MET INCLUDING THE THERAPY AND THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT HE NEEDS TO MAKE DAILY LIVING EASIER..
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For more information, visit the Children’s Hospital Association at www.childrenshospitals.net or Speak Now for Kids on Facebook.