Every day for nearly 18 years, Alessandra Fabrello has been a medical caregiver for her son, on top of being his mom.
“It is almost impossible to explain what it takes to keep a child alive who should be dead,” said Fabrello, whose son, Ysadore Maklakoff, experienced a rare brain condition called acute necrotizing encephalopathy at 9 months old.
Through North Carolina’s Medicaid program, Maklakoff qualifies for a large slate of medical care in the family’s home in Chapel Hill. Fabrello said she works with staffing agencies to arrange services. She also learned to give the care ordinarily performed by a doctor, skilled nurse, or highly trained therapist because she often can’t get help.
Now, broad cuts to North Carolina Medicaid will make finding and paying for care even more difficult.
Source: States Are Cutting Medicaid Provider Payments Long Before Trump Cuts Hit / KFF Health News
States need to look at government waste elsewhere. Salaries of politicians and their health care should not be free any longer either. If cuts are going to be made then taxes on our wages should be reduced was well. That is why people pay Suta and Futa taxes. This Administration is cutting on the most important services our taxes pay for. Healthcare, Education, and social services. Our hospitals are going to be swamped with very ill people and increased death and disease.