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Family Receives Medicaid after waiting 7 years

Posted at 7:35 PM, Aug 22, 2012
and last updated 2012-08-22 19:35:17-04

(WTVR) - Last November we brought you the story of Sharon Straus, a Hanover resident with a heart-warming smile and a desperate need for a Medicaid waiver from the state.

The family has waited seven years for that waiver, which is a bundle of services that helps those with intellectual disabilities, like Sharon, live in their communities.