Taylor Moss, a medical student at Touro University, is passionate about her career as a future provider. She is also a Medicaid beneficiary who is extremely worried about losing access to her coverage. Not only is she worried about her own health care, but she is also concerned for her future patients. “Medicaid has so […]
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Kristy Layne, Kentucky
Kristy Layne of Bellevue, Kentucky, has been on Medicaid since she was pregnant with her daughter, Cora, and for the last 12 years it has kept them covered. Until recently when, in a sincere effort to better herself and give her daughter the best life possible, Kristy sought out a better job with a bigger […]
Lakeisha Preston, Mississippi
As a brand-new parent Lakeisha wanted to build something stable for her and her son, but she experienced a huge setback in 2019 when she was hospitalized with walking pneumonia. At the time her son Aiden was only three years old and was living at home with his grandparents in New Hebron while Lakeisha had […]
Katie Ramos, Wisconsin
Katie was born with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a condition that affects almost every system in the body and is extremely complex to treat. Katie says that her joints are so prone to dislocation that she often doesn’t know that something has happened until much later. “I’ve dislocated shoulders turning over in my sleep, fingers squeezing a […]
Rachel Hynes, Washington DC
Rachel was diagnosed with a superficial melanoma at 29 and as a result, no insurer would issue her a policy. Her only option for coverage was PCIP. Once the DC Health Exchange opened, she quickly signed up for Medicaid. While the coverage hasn’t always been perfect, she says she’s been grateful to have coverage. Right […]