Katie Beckett Defied The Odds, Helped Other Disabled Kids Live Longer - NPR
May 21, 2012 · Katie Beckett, 32, inserts a small suction device into her tracheotomy tube to help clear her lungs and throat. Twenty-nine years ago, President Ronald Reagan heard about a little girl who had...
Katie Beckett, Who Gave a Name and a Face to Medicaid Waiver …
After contracting viral encephalitis when she was five months old, Katie lost the ability to breathe on her own for most of the day, and she relied on a ventilator, often up to 15 hours a day, to live.
Katie Beckett Leaves Legacy For Kids With Disabilities - NPR
May 19, 2012 · Katie Beckett died Friday morning in the same hospital where she'd once made history. Beckett was 3 years old when her case changed health care law. She was 34 when she died.
Katie Beckett, Who Inspired Health Reform, Dies at 34
May 23, 2012 · On Monday, the secretary of health and human services, Kathleen Sebelius, called Ms. Beckett “an inadvertent pioneer in the civil rights movement for people with disabilities” and the inspiration...
Cedar Rapids woman who changed Medicaid dies - The Gazette
May 18, 2012 · CEDAR RAPIDS - Katie Beckett, 34, whose battle with a childhood disease and federal bureaucracy made her a national symbol in the 1980s, died Friday.
Katie Beckett Medicaid waiver - Wikipedia
A Katie Beckett waiver or TEFRA waiver is a Medicaid waiver concerning the income eligibility for home-based Medicaid services for children under the age of nineteen.
Katie Beckett: Patient Turned Home-Care Advocate - NPR
Nov 8, 2010 · Katie Beckett, 32, inserts a small suction device into her tracheotomy tube to help clear her lungs and throat. Twenty-nine years ago, President Ronald Reagan heard about a little girl who had...
The Katie Beckett Difference - Special Needs Alliance
Katie Beckett, who died recently at the age of 34, directly changed the lives of more than half a million children with disabilities. She inspired millions of children, their parents and the entire disability community. Due to encephalitis, she spent her earliest years in a hospital.
Katie Beckett, Who Gave a Name and a Face to
Katie Beckett quite literally gave her name to a Medicaid waiver program that has allowed thousands of children like her to move out of hospitals and into their communities. When Katie came down with encephalitis, she became eligible for Medicaid benefits.
Remembering Katie Beckett - Lucile Packard Foundation for …
May 22, 2012 · For more information about Katie’s life and work, visit her Facebook memorial site. Her family asks that you consider posting comments to her page if you or a family member benefitted from a Katie Beckett Waiver program.