Maureen Malesco of Middletown, New Jersey, utilizes Medicaid to support her daughter, Mairead, who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at 19 months. “At the time, which was 1999, she was the youngest person in New Jersey to have been diagnosed with autism,” Maureen recalled. Mairead has grown into a capable adult who works at […]
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Madison Busch, Utah
Madison Busch is a mom and dental hygienist who calls Lehi, Utah home. She is married, recently celebrated her 10-year anniversary, and has two young children. “I love my job,” she said. “My job is kind of my hobby. If you love what you do, you don’t work a day in your life.” Madison works with a […]
Katherine Twomey, New York
Katherine Twomey, a licensed clinical social worker and lifelong Long Islander, has dedicated her entire career to community mental health. Living in New York’s 1st Congressional District, she works as a psychotherapist at a community mental health clinic where she and her colleagues serve patients with severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. […]
Troy Sharp, Nebraska
Troy Sharp of Omaha, Nebraska spent the last six years caring for his wife through severe health conditions until she passed away from heart failure in 2023, two years after a heart transplant. Together they raised two children, now 14 and 11. Throughout those difficult years Medicaid provided a safety net, shielding the vulnerable family from […]
Jill Snow, Michigan
Jill is a single mother raising two teenagers, supporting them on her own without assistance from their father. Her son James is a senior in high school and will soon turn 18. His medical challenges make this milestone especially difficult. “James, my 17-year-old, got in a car accident last year, and he had an accident on […]
Charles “Trey” Wright, Georgia
Charles “Trey” Wright lives in Jesup, Georgia, where he recently completed a master’s program in public health while working part-time as a role player at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers in Brunswick. In January of 2025, after some time without health insurance, Trey enrolled in Georgia Pathways to Coverage, a Medicaid program for Georgians […]
Miranda Dee, Michigan
Miranda Dee is the mother of two children, a 17-year-old daughter who is a high school senior and a nine-year-old son who is entering the fifth grade. About a year and a half ago, her son was diagnosed with type one diabetes. It’s still all pretty new to us,” Miranda shared, “He’s done very well […]
Whitney Lee, Utah
Whitney Lee is a disability rights and mental health consultant in Utah who focuses specifically on autism. They participate in research studies on autism and suicide and have assisted researchers studying Medicaid recipients. Whitney has relied on Medicaid for about five or six years in addition to being covered under their parent’s insurance plan. Medicaid […]
Leslie Rogers, Oregon
Gloria Rogers was born in September 2013 at full term, weighing 7 lbs. 13 oz. She struggled right out of the gate with breathing and feeding and spent most of her first hours on the incubator machine. In the first months of her life, doctors discovered numerous challenges, from a galloping heart rhythm to pulmonic […]
Sarah Abend, Michigan
In East Lansing, Michigan, Sarah Abend built her life on hard work, creativity and persistence. She was the first in her family to attend college, and although she entered higher education uncertain of her path, she eventually returned to the passion that had driven her in high school: art. She chose jewelry design to make […]