A Mother Struggles for her Daughter’s Care

The mother of a daughter, who is living with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, recently took action to better the care she was receiving through the Medicaid program. After continuously being denied treatments that her daughter’s doctors were recommending, the Georgia mother decided to take matters into her own hands for the sake of her child.

State Program Puts Up a Fight

Pam Moore’s daughter, Callie, 13, has been living with cerebral palsy since birth due to a stroke she suffered while in utero. Since the age of three, Callie has been receiving private nursing care. However, in the past decade, the state of Georgia has tried to reduce the amount of care she is eligible for. At one time, a Medicaid official even came to Moore’s home and threatened to put Callie into a state institution if her health requirements weren’t changed. Moore took her case to U.S. District Judge, Thomas W. Thrash, who took away the state’s ability to deny funding for patients given orders for treatment by their doctors.

Judge Rules Against Program

Thrash claims that under the new Medicaid Act, the state is required to provide a certain amount of aid to disabled children. “What we know is that this case…is going to set the standard so that other families can go on,” says Moore. “And it’s going to help so many kids. And that’s what we were about.” (Source: OnlineAthens) Do you have a child who was born with cerebral palsy? Please contact us today to speak with an experienced cerebral palsy attorney about the legal resources available to you and your family.