Denham Springs family moves to Ohio after Louisiana Medicaid gaps disrupt 11-year-old’s brain tumor trial

DENHAM SPRINGS — An 11-year-old girl from Denham Springs battling a rare brain tumor has had to move to Ohio with her family after Louisiana Medicaid would not cover key parts of her out-of-state treatment.

WBRZ first shared Katie Tanton’s story in April. She has been traveling between Louisiana and Ohio for a clinical trial at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus to treat diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a rare form of brain tumor.

Katie has been taking multiple forms of medication as part of the trial…

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