St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children in Bayside hosted a legislative breakfast to discuss the need to safeguard Medicaid funding that is critical for the medically fragile children and young adults receiving care at the hospital. The breakfast was co-hosted by Assemblymember Edward Braunstein and State Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky at the hospital on Dec. 10.
According to St. Mary’s, more than 90 percent of patients at St. Mary’s require a level of care that exceeds what their families can afford and what Medicaid is able to cover.
Families and community advocates joined for a discussion as parents with children in St. Mary’s Home Care program shared personal experiences of navigating the challenges of raising medically fragile children. Participants discussed the serious consequences that federal Medicaid cuts, recently enacted by the Trump Administration, could have for St. Mary’s and the families who depend on its services…