Mom vs. Texas

An Arm and a Leg

Documentary, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Stephanie Wittels Wachs has a daughter born with hearing loss, which is how she found out insurance didn't cover hearing aids for kids. Those start at $6,000 and only last a few years. Stephanie teamed up with a few other moms to change Texas law.....

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0:00.0	Hey there real quick, if you appreciate an arm and a leg, this is the best time to help us make the show by making a donation.
0:07.3	That's because right now a program called Newsmatch matches every dollar you give.
0:12.1	The place to go is arm in a leg show
0:14.0	dot com slash support. Thanks. Okay here's a show.
0:18.2	Hey there there's gonna be some cursing in this story So if there's little kids with you right now,
0:24.3	maybe save this one for later, up to you.
0:26.6	All right, here's a show.
0:29.8	It's raining for a second,
0:31.0	just as I get to Stephanie Wax's house in Houston.
0:33.2	Stephanie, hey, there's a dog.
0:38.4	And it takes a minute for her to get her dog quiet so we can talk.
0:40.8	Yay, hi.
0:42.0	Hi. Hi. Hi.
0:43.0	Hi.
0:44.0	Of course.
0:45.0	Oh my God.
0:46.0	I like letting strangers in my house.
0:47.0	Yeah, right?
0:48.0	Yeah, it's my favorite thing.
0:49.0	I'd first talk with Stephanie because she's a little bit famous.
0:52.0	She published a book last year about grieving her brother
0:54.8	who died of a drug overdose,
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