Re: Digest Number 2814

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Congratulations on your big accomplishment! I am curious.... was

Laikyn going to lose her Medicaid, because you no longer qualified

financially, or because there were no programs past age 3? My son has

insurance & has never qualified for Medicaid, but I have heard others

talk about a Beckett waiver to get coverage. There have been

instances throughout 's life that our insurance did not cover a

necessary service, and we had to pay out of our pocket. Having

Medicaid in these instances would have been helpful.

Kim C.

> Hello everyone-

>

> This has been a long time since I have posted this way. I think that

> I had the wrong program. For some weird reason I was getting all the

> messages but could never post out.

>

> Anyway- Laikyn is my daughter and she turns 3 April 10. We will be

> starting her GH soon. She weighs about 20lbs and is 34 in tall. I

> wanted to post and give people out there hope for the future with our

> kids!

>

> We just won a huge battle with our state to provide for kids with RSS

> until the age of 18! Laikyn will lose her Medicaid in our state at

> the age of 3 because she no longer is able to be in early

> intervention. There was nothing in our great state of North Dakota

> to help kids like Laikyn so I took a bill to the legilature and it

> passed about two weeks ago. This was a huge process for us and a

> emotional battle as well. In the end we came out victorious and now

> any child that is diagonised with RSS in ND will get coverage until

> age 18!!

>

> If anyone ever feels like giving up let me tell you I have been

> there! It is so worth fighting for!

>

> Check out all the newspaper ads and news coverage we have got from

> this. Laikyn is a movie star in ND. Google her by using Laikyn

> Zietz!! It worth checking out!

>

> Thanks for all the help over the years everyone

> Mom to Laikyn

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