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Save the MFTD Waiver!

The 2012 battle to preserve Illinois' Medically Fragile, Technology Dependent Waiver

Unskilled Providers

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The state has estimated 75% of children in the program will be cared for by unlicensed and unqualified personal assistants instead of nurses. Care from unlicensed staff will be free of copays, creating an incentive for unsafe and inappropriate care.