Ashley James lives in Jefferson County, West Virginia with her husband who is a disabled veteran. Together they have ten children, and their youngest is 16 years old. She describes herself as a newly married wife and a working mother who depends on Medicaid to stay healthy and able to do her job. She says […]
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Sarah Allen, West Virgina
Sarah Allen is 29 years old and has lived in Princeton, West Virginia all her life. Being blind shapes every part of her daily reality. “Being blind means that I just I can’t see, so sight is not my world. I hear things better than anything, and hearing is more my world. So, for example, […]
Cameo Sampson, West Virginia
Cameo Sampson is a mom living in Beckley, West Virginia, with her husband and their two daughters. Cathryn is 15 and Evelyn is 13 and lives with Down syndrome and several other medical complications. Evelyn has been on Medicaid since she was about four years old. Cameo described the challenges of getting her enrolled. “The […]
Maureen Malesco, New Jersey
Maureen Malesco of Middletown, New Jersey, utilizes Medicaid to support her daughter, Mairead, who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at 19 months. “At the time, which was 1999, she was the youngest person in New Jersey to have been diagnosed with autism,” Maureen recalled. Mairead has grown into a capable adult who works at […]
Madison Busch, Utah
Madison Busch is a mom and dental hygienist who calls Lehi, Utah home. She is married, recently celebrated her 10-year anniversary, and has two young children. “I love my job,” she said. “My job is kind of my hobby. If you love what you do, you don’t work a day in your life.” Madison works with a […]
Katherine Twomey, New York
Katherine Twomey, a licensed clinical social worker and lifelong Long Islander, has dedicated her entire career to community mental health. Living in New York’s 1st Congressional District, she works as a psychotherapist at a community mental health clinic where she and her colleagues serve patients with severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. […]
Troy Sharp, Nebraska
Troy Sharp of Omaha, Nebraska spent the last six years caring for his wife through severe health conditions until she passed away from heart failure in 2023, two years after a heart transplant. Together they raised two children, now 14 and 11. Throughout those difficult years Medicaid provided a safety net, shielding the vulnerable family from […]
Jill Snow, Michigan
Jill is a single mother raising two teenagers, supporting them on her own without assistance from their father. Her son James is a senior in high school and will soon turn 18. His medical challenges make this milestone especially difficult. “James, my 17-year-old, got in a car accident last year, and he had an accident on […]
Charles “Trey” Wright, Georgia
Charles “Trey” Wright lives in Jesup, Georgia, where he recently completed a master’s program in public health while working part-time as a role player at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers in Brunswick. In January of 2025, after some time without health insurance, Trey enrolled in Georgia Pathways to Coverage, a Medicaid program for Georgians […]
Miranda Dee, Michigan
Miranda Dee is the mother of two children, a 17-year-old daughter who is a high school senior and a nine-year-old son who is entering the fifth grade. About a year and a half ago, her son was diagnosed with type one diabetes. It’s still all pretty new to us,” Miranda shared, “He’s done very well […]