MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- There's uncertainty looming as families try to navigate what their healthcare will look like as changes to Medicaid start to take shape.

"Isaiah requires full, hands-on assistance," his mother Jessica Peggs said. "He has Epilepsy, Cerebral Palsy. Autism. He has an incontinence disorder, so we have to help him use a restroom."

Isaiah needs a home health nurse, multiple physicians, therapy, a special diet, medication, and more. The bills add up.

"The therapy is reoccurring visits," Peggs said. "They send your bill for 30 days, and it was like $24,000. But then he was on PT, OT, speech."

Even with insurance from her full-time job, Peggs can't afford it. She makes too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but she was able to find some help.

Isaiah was able to qualify for t

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