SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — As Team USA sits in third place for the medal count at the Winter Games, one Scottsdale teen is well on her way to living out her Olympic dream.
Bridget Korn, 14, is the youngest female athlete on the U.S. Paralympic Development volleyball team and is pushing for policy change to help other amputees like her.
Arizona State Representative Ralph Heap introduced HB 2333 last month. The bill would expand insurance coverage for prosthetic limbs that are activity-specific, including devices created for a sport, type of work, or even bathing independence. It recently passed the House Health and Human Services Committee, but advocates expect it to get pushback from the insurance lobby as it moves along…