What is a Katie Beckett Waiver Program?
Katie Beckett was a little girl living with her family in Iowa. At five-months-old, she contracted a devastating brain infection that resulted in her being paralyzed, on a ventilator, and in the hospital. Katie’s middle-class family had a million dollars of insurance, but that was soon exhausted. She went on Iowa’s Medicaid Program that paid for her hospitalization for nearly three years. Katie improved enough to live with her family, but Medicaid would only pay for her care if she remained in a hospital or nursing home – at much greater cost to taxpayers. President Reagan created the Katie Beckett Waiver, which allowed Katie, and children like her, to receive their care at home, while retaining their Medicaid coverage, regardless of their parents’ income.
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