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The Statehouse News Bureau provides educational, comprehensive coverage of legislation, elections, issues and other activities surrounding the Statehouse to Ohio's public radio and television stations.

The Future Of A State Agency That Helps Children With Severe Medical Conditions

Randi Clites, Ravenna

Parents of children with serious medical conditions are pleading with state leaders to keep funding intact for a program that helps pay for treatment. Gov. John Kasich’s proposed budget calls for changes to the Children with Medical Handicaps, the agency that provides funding for children with serious illnesses. Randi Clites of Ravenna has a son who suffers from hemophilia, cancer and bleeding of the brain. She worries about the proposal to move the program from the health to the Medicaid department.“We are extremely worried. We belong in Health. Our kids are chronically ill. And that they want to move us to a payer system and that’s all they see our families as – in the Medicaid program – it’s so disheartening.”The funds in the program help parents, even those who are middle class with private insurance, pay for out of pocket costs associated with their children’s long term care. Some Ohio lawmakers are now signaling they are not in favor of the change.   Copyright 2017 The Statehouse News Bureau. To see more, visit The Statehouse News Bureau.

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