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Elias's Story

Elias was given a 50/50 chance of survival when he was diagnosed with meningitis at 10 months old.
Learn how Medicaid saved Elias's life

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Medicaid is a vital health insurance program for America’s families. It allows children to reach their fullest potential, adults to get and stay healthy enough to work and be part of their community, and seniors and people with disabilities to get the care that can help them stay at home. Medicaid can be life-changing and lifesaving.

Meet some of the Americans for whom Medicaid has made a huge difference, as well as people who could benefit but are currently unable to gain access to coverage from Medicaid.

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Voices from the Health Coverage Gap in Wyoming: Zina Regan

Zina Regan and her daughter, Yolanda Snyder, describe what it is like living in the Medicaid coverage gap in Wyoming.

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Voices from the Health Coverage Gap in Wyoming: Tania Malone

Tania Malone describes how Medicaid has helped her live a better life, what it was like to live in the Medicaid coverage gap, and what it was like to lose her Medicaid coverage in the Public Health Emergency unwinding.

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Voices from the Health Coverage Gap in Wyoming: Angela Dax

Angela Dax describes what it's like to live in the Medicaid coverage gap in Wyoming.

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This Is WY: Voices from the Health Coverage Gap

Tania Malone (Douglas, WY), Angie Dax (Casper, WY), and Zina Regan (Riverton, WY) describe what it is like to live in the Medicaid coverage gap in Wyoming, one of the only states to not have expanded Medicaid (2023).

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Cristy: NC

Cristy had congestive heart failure. Even though she was working full time, she wasn’t offered health insurance through her job, and she made too much to qualify for Medicaid. Because she couldn’t get the treatment she needed, Christy died of a heart attack at just 36 years old; leaving behind three young children.

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Stephanie: Kinston, NC

Stephanie is a registered nurse at the Kinston Community Health Center. She sees every day the difference that having health insurance can make for someone who needs specialty care.

Colter Quinn

Hope in the Heartland: Colter Quinn

The only child of a single mother, Colter cherished the strong relationship he had with his mother, Rosey. After his mom was diagnosed with cancer, Colter dropped out of college and moved home to Hartford, South Dakota to care for her.

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Hope in the Heartland: Scott Lantz

A longtime resident of Rapid City, South Dakota, Scott was working full-time at a local store when he hurt his back loading goods into a customer’s car. His doctor limited his work hours while he recovered, but after a few months of part-time work, he lost access to his insurance benefits

Sarah Nelson

Hope in the Heartland: Sarah Nelson

A mother of two children in Black Hawk, South Dakota, Sarah was unable to afford the high premium for her employer-sponsored health insurance so she had to go without coverage for herself. A few months after declining coverage, she started having health issues that led to a diabetes diagnosis and ongoing treatment for a painful skin lesion.

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