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[quote=Anonymous]OP here - we got into the DC Medicaid waiver program (health services for children with special needs) very easily when my daughter was 9 months old but she had suffered a severe brain injury so there was never an issue of proving her needs. We did not pay a cent for health care once we were in - all copays were covered as was equipment our insurance denied (a rant for another day). We ended up in the hospital for three weeks out of state and HSCSN still covered our copays. This is one of the things that pulls me back to DC. Other states just have different types of waivers and waiting lists and I always hear people complaining. I worry we will have less support, and perhaps we should prioritize the medical as a pp suggested.

We probably will have to wait a while to better understand our daughter's cognitive skills, and while I certainly don't want to underestimate her, we are realistic. I don't know what schools do with kids like her all day long, but I certainly don't want her just sitting in the corner being an afterthought in a mainstream school. (I've even considered that we may not send her to school at all, actually, but that's more because the slightest cold can land her in the hospital, so we'll see.)[/quote]

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