May 24, 2017      8:01 PM

Down to the wire as advocates push for reinstatement of funding for treatment of disabled children

“…the Legislature still has a chance to make some important improvements in a conference committee on the supplemental budget."

The protest of a proposal to adjust fees, rates and charges for Medicaid therapy charges has concluded at the Health and Human Services Commission headquarters while others lobby for budget conferees to reverse cost-containment measures in the last budget.

“I’ve been in the field for over 20 years, and I think in the last two years, I have seen more changes that have impacted the clients that I and my therapists service than I have in my entire career,” speech-language pathologist Victoria Jackson told agency representatives this morning. “These changes have had enormous medical consequences for all.”

By Kimberly Reeves

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