FLAT ROCK – Janessa Glover’s 24-year-old daughter, Jaqueline Glover, has a genetic disorder called Dravet’s Syndrome, a “catastrophic” form of epilepsy and lives in a residential facility where she can get the 24-hour nursing care she needs.

Reductions in North Carolina Medicaid, which went into effect Oct. 1, cut rates for some long-term care providers by 10% , which North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Devdutta “Dev” Sangvai has said could hurt patient care, according to previous Citizen Times reporting.

“Medicaid cuts are going to be devastating for her, and I’m here on her behalf,” she said.

She had tried reaching out to members of the General Assembly, which funds state Medicaid, for months, but was told that the cuts she’s seeing wouldn’t impact h

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