This is Rose. She is 7 years old and in the first grade, and she makes friends everywhere she goes. Rose was diagnosed with an ultra-rare genetic syndrome when she was just 3 rac{1}{2} ext{. She now uses a feeding tube and a wheelchair. Medicaid allows Rose to receive physical therapy. Thanks to this therapy, she is starting to take steps. Mr. Speaker, my Republican colleagues are working overtime to take Rose's healthcare away. It might be easy for people to strike through one number and write in another, take a little bit from here and there, but each of those numbers represents a person, a child like Rose, who will lose critical care so billionaires can have more money in their pockets. We cannot let them steal from our kids and our families. We will not.
Janelle Bynum: “This is Rose. She is 7 years old and in the first grade, and she makes friends everywhere she goes. Rose was diagnosed…”
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Addressing the impact of healthcare policy on children with disabilities.
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