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Caregiver urges commission to fix systems after near‑catastrophic denials, ICU stay
Summary
Dina Draper, a foster and adoptive caregiver and parent partnership board member, recounted her family's medical and caregiving crises — including loss of private‑duty nursing, an ECMO ICU stay, insurance denials and a personal stroke — and urged predictable, equitable policy to support caregivers statewide.
At the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth meeting, caregiver and parent partnership board member Dina Draper delivered a personal account of systemic gaps that nearly cost her family dearly and urged the commission to support predictable, equitable policy for caregiving families.
Draper described having two adopted children from Oklahoma’s foster system, including a…
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