Medicaid transition causes hardship – Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Crystal and Jon Ipe had five conversations with doctors about stopping life support for their son.There was the time his lungs collapsed while Crystal was changing his diaper. The time when he was resuscitated more than once during an ambulance ride from Sarasota Memorial Hospital to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg. The time one of his doctors said the boy was “circling the drain.”Born three months prematurely, Wyatt has struggled every day of his 22 months. But after nearly a year in the neonatal intensive care unit at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, continuous surgeries and in-home therapies covered by the Children’s Medical Services Medicaid program, Wyatt’s condition has vastly improved.Yet the program that the Ipes expected would help continue his recovery is in turmoil. In an effort to cut costs and scale down the program for children with special health …
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