Parents vowing to fight changes in state Medicaid system

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Upcoming changes to the state’s Medicaid system could pose some major challenges for children dealing with rare and complicated medical illnesses.
Parents are vowing to fight back. On Tuesday and Wednesday, parents testified in front of the state’s Health and Human Services committee, urging lawmakers not to change the Medicaid system.
The state has 5,600 medically-fragile children. Many of them were born with congenital birth issues and rely heavily o