Hannah McDaniel has a stack of paperwork she urgently needs to fill out so that her 2-year-old son, Myles, can continue to receive life-saving treatment for an incurable heart defect under Medicaid.
It’s a full-time job in itself, but the 28-year-old Louisiana mom also has to juggle caring for Myles, which entails making regular five-hour trips to the children’s hospital in New Orleans, her 10-year-old stepson, working 40 hours a week, and taking on additional cleaning and yard work to support her young family.
