Я умру, если меня отдадут в дом престарелых

Я 54-летняя полная сил женщина, но я страдаю мышечной дистрофией. У меня была возможность жить дома с моими родными, друзьями, с моей семьёй. Но мою страховочную программу в Теннеси хотят сократить, таким образом, я окажусь в доме престарелых... Подпишите, пожалуйста, петицию.

If the state of Tennessee has its way, I could be ripped from my home and forced to live in nursing home away from my friends, family, and normal life. Please sign my petition asking Tennessee lawmakers to reverse recent cuts to the state’s Medicaid program so that disabled citizens like me can continue to receive care in our homes!

I am a 54 year old woman with muscular dystrophy, living happily in Tennessee. I use an electric wheelchair, have a trach, and use a ventilator. Despite my illness, I have led a fairly normal life since my disease progressed to the stage of full-time ventilator use.

I was able to live comfortably because I had access to Tennessee's Medicaid program, TennCare, which was created to better cover the uninsured poor in Tennessee. This insurance provided Private Duty Nurses who care for me in my own home. But as the years have gone by, TennCare has cut this service more and more.

For an adult, Private Duty Nurses are only being offered for 16 hours a day, rather than the 20 hours I was previously able to receive. Because of these cuts, I am going from living a normal life to being forced into a nursing facility!

I can't believe that at this point in my life the possibility exists that I will be warehoused in a ventilator unit, where I will live hundreds of miles away from my family, my friends, and my community, with little freedom to spend my time as I see fit.

I understand that my care is expensive, and it seems that TennCare is focusing primar

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