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Medicaid Cut: Negative Impact On Special Education Students
Hi Ivor,

I read an article about Medicaid cut would have a negative impact on Special Education Students. Medicaid helps school pay for speech therapy, special education equipment, nursing aids and other needs for disable students. It also reimburses school for health and wellness care that is provided to students living poverty. Since Medicaid funding began, the percentage of students with disabilities who have graduated from high school has increased from 41 percent in 1993 to 65 percent in 2013, according to the National School Boards

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