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Families press legislators on Medicaid unwinding, guardianship and disability services
Summary
Multiple residents described harm from Medicaid changes and guardianship practices, urging policy fixes and better access to services for people with developmental disabilities; witnesses described Medicaid unwinding, lost services, dental-care barriers and requests for registry reform for elderly residents in care.
Several residents and caregivers used the Charlotte County delegation forum to describe how recent program changes and state systems have affected people with disabilities and their families.
Holden McKinnon and his daughter Nadia described recent Medicaid-related cuts that disrupted home supports, resulting in lost day care, delayed equipment and care gaps; Nadia, 47 and living with cerebral palsy, was placed on an…
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