{"id":35783,"date":"2025-07-01T03:38:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T03:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/north-carolina-family-fears-medicaid-cuts-would-force-them-to-ration-treatments-for-6-year-old\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T03:38:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T03:38:12","slug":"north-carolina-family-fears-medicaid-cuts-would-force-them-to-ration-treatments-for-6-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/north-carolina-family-fears-medicaid-cuts-would-force-them-to-ration-treatments-for-6-year-old\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina family fears Medicaid cuts would force them to ration treatments for 6-year-old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Kennedy Beaver has been going to therapy sessions at least twice a week after she was diagnosed with Noonan syndrome, a genetic condition that stunts development.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 6-year-old from North Carolina is among 600,000 people in the state who could lose access to healthcare as Congress is poised to approve\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/whats-in-trump-big-beautiful-bill-senate-version\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">major cuts to Medicaid funding<\/a><\/span> proposed in President Trump&#8217;s so-called <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/senate-debate-trump-one-big-beautiful-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;big, beautiful bill,&#8221;<\/a><\/span> according to according to the state&#8217;s Medicaid office.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For her, that&#8217;s short stature, poor growth, low muscle tone,&#8221; her mother, Marilyn, described Kennedy&#8217;s condition in an interview with CBS News. &#8220;So with that, we became eligible for something called the CAP\/C waiver through Medicaid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/01\/79865b61-5400-4628-8b7d-dab30531c8f5\/thumbnail\/620x349\/b4a263918f0cb782412b1e4973c25643\/cbsn-fusion-medicaid-cuts-threaten-vital-therapy-for-6-year-old-parents-say-thumbnail.jpg#\" alt=\"cbsn-fusion-medicaid-cuts-threaten-vital-therapy-for-6-year-old-parents-say-thumbnail.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/01\/79865b61-5400-4628-8b7d-dab30531c8f5\/thumbnail\/620x349\/b4a263918f0cb782412b1e4973c25643\/cbsn-fusion-medicaid-cuts-threaten-vital-therapy-for-6-year-old-parents-say-thumbnail.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/01\/79865b61-5400-4628-8b7d-dab30531c8f5\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/a23ad51fdb5813899d83fb7271ec82ec\/cbsn-fusion-medicaid-cuts-threaten-vital-therapy-for-6-year-old-parents-say-thumbnail.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">6-year-old Kennedy Beaver<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>North Carolina&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medicaid.ncdhhs.gov\/capc*link=*7B*22role*22:*22standard*22,*22href*22:*22https:\/*medicaid.ncdhhs.gov\/capc*22,*22affiliate*22:*22*22,*22target*22:*22_blank*22,*22absolute*22:*22*22,*22linkText*22:*22Community*20Alternatives*20Program*20for*20Children*22*7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Community Alternatives Program for Children<\/a>\u00a0pays for most of the treatments and medications for patients younger than 20 who have significant medical needs. If the Beavers didn&#8217;t have CAP\/C, the family says they would be paying over $4,000 a month for treatments and medications \u2014 even with private health insurance coverage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is our medication that, without the Medicaid coverage, would be $3,200 a month, because our primary insurance has denied us,&#8221; Marilyn said. The family says they also fear that if the proposal on Capitol Hill becomes law, they may have to go back to rationing Kennedy&#8217;s treatment.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina Medicaid Deputy Secretary Jay Ludlam says the cut that&#8217;s being proposed at the federal level will &#8220;at some point affect the entire program.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The state&#8217;s Medicaid program oversees more than 3 million people who currently receive the healthcare benefits. State officials say if federal funding falls short, the CAP\/C program could be on the chopping block.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you take $700 billion out of Medicaid nationally &#8230; there&#8217;s no way to really do that without people losing coverage, without having to change the benefits and the coverage that people get,&#8221; Ludlam said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what she would tell lawmakers in Congress if she had the opportunity to speak with them, Marilyn said they should make changes without cutting services.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s fixing the healthcare system so that everyone in the country can get a level of care that meets their needs,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/skyler-henry\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Skyler  Henry<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Skyler Henry is a CBS News correspondent based in Atlanta. 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