I had always heard about Medicaid -- heard the media portray it as a handout, as health care available to those who can't or won't help themselves. I never thought it was something my family might need. But all of that changed when my daughter was born with her heart outside her body. Eight out of 1 million babies are diagnosed with this rare condition each year and 90 percent of those children do not survive. But our Audrina defied the odds thanks to the impressive medical care we received at Texas Children's Hospital. On her second day of life, Audrina underwent a six and a half hour surgery to place her heart back inside her body, but that was...
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