A NC mom, who has a child with a severe disability, tells her story after state lawmakers left Raleigh without filling a Medicaid shortfall.
Stacy Staggs traveled from Mecklenburg County to Raleigh last month.
She said she asked NC Republicans to fully fund Medicaid so that her 11-year-old daughter Emma, who has severe disabilities and needs 24/7 care, would not be at risk of losing the home care that keeps her alive and with her family instead of at some far-away facility.
Instead, lawmakers went home without passing a budget or Medicaid funding and won’t be back until next year, she told Cardinal & Pine.
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