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Steven Leaton works hard to provide for his wife and two daughters. But with a life-threatening heart condition and a child with complex medical needs, he can’t do it alone. Medicaid helps him stay healthy enough to work and gives his daughter the care she needs to stay safe.
River didn’t plan on becoming a single parent, but when her son was born, everything changed. Medicaid became the lifeline that allowed her to care for both his health and her own. Without it, she says, she wouldn’t be able to keep going or build the future they both deserve.
Every week, Shaun, who lives with multiple disabilities, works at a law firm, volunteers at the library, and helps out at local events. He has built a life filled with purpose and connection. Medicaid provides the support that makes it all possible.
Mary Beth Koniarski lives in Lawrence Valley, Pennsylvania, with her husband and their adult son, Adam. For more than a decade, they have shared not just a home but the daily challenges and triumphs that come with living alongside serious mental illness. And through it all, Medicaid has been the lifeline that has helped keep their family together.
A former musician, now President of the Resident Council at Complete Care Nursing Home in Brick, NJ, Louis Bonilla is a passionate advocate for Medicaid and Medicare after the programs saved his life.
Wayla is the mother of 30-year-old Cynda, who has an intellectual disability and receives services through the Developmental Disabilities Waiver under Medicaid. These services are essential to both Cynda’s health and her quality of life.
When Jay Williams received a life-changing call from the Department of Human Services, he and his wife stepped in to care for their infant grandson, Hayden—just six months old and severely burned. In the face of unimaginable trauma and a long road of surgeries, recovery, and emotional healing, Medicaid became their lifeline.
Mickey is a long time advocate fighting for policies that empower people with disabilities to live independently, work, and fully participate in their communities. As the mother of an adult child on Medicaid, she knows firsthand how the safety net program has changed her life and countless others.
Dr. Lincoln has built her career on empathy, trust, and teamwork. Now, she's using those same values to challenge a system increasingly shaped by private equity and corporate interests.
Grace is a first-year medical student in California who currently uses Medicaid to access affordable health care and manage the financial challenges of medical school, where the cost of tuition and living expenses is already high.