That’s Medicaid
Health insurance coverage provides people with access to the care they need—when they need it. That’s Medicaid shares stories of people helped by Medicaid at critical points in their lives.
That’s Medicaid
Health insurance coverage provides people with access to the care they need—when they need it. That’s Medicaid shares stories of people helped by Medicaid at critical points in their lives.
Susie P. / Georgetown, South Carolina
Susie was working as a restaurant hostess when she learned the private health insurance she received through her job was about to end. She enrolled in Medicaid to maintain coverage while pregnant and the decision turned out to be crucial—her young daughter Tymia was diagnosed with sickle cell disease.
Since that diagnosis Tymia has been admitted to the hospital more than 75 times, but Medicaid has helped secure her needed prescriptions and covered multiple life-saving surgeries. “It’s all because of the care Medicaid offered,” Susie says. “Without all of the care, Tymia would cease to be alive. It allows her to be herself and to be normal.”
For a long time Susie lost work opportunities due to the care needed for her daughter. Now she is a tax accountant, which gives her flexibility to be with the now 14-year-old Tymia—who will always have access to the health coverage she needs thanks to Medicaid.
“Medicaid is not a government program that people depend on,” Susie says. “It's an advancement to self-individualization, so people can be themselves.”
