An open letter to the House Appropriations Committee – ND Legislature
Chairman, Members of the Committee. I am writing this here, because I can’t make it today to testify in person. I believe in the citizen legislature. I have to believe that you will read these words. My family adopted a special needs child from our state. When the adoption was finalized, he was court ordered to be under Medicaid until he reached age 18. We have learned that this can mean a lot of things. We have had medicaid coverage turned off, had to pay a recipient liability of 954 dollars a month, and been told that there is nothing more that can be done for our son. A quick bit of history, at the end, I will post some links to relevant sections of this blog, although if you have time, I highly recommend that you start at the home page. The blog itself is a record of our