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Idaho parents were paid to care for their disabled children. Those days are over

by SARAH CUTLER Idaho Statesman
| July 16, 2025 3:15 PM

From 8 a.m. until late at night, Nathan Hill performs countless tasks for his 16-year-old son, Brady. Some of the tasks are small — things most people “take for granted that our kids can do,” Hill said, like popping Brady’s pimples when he gets acne outbreaks.

Others could mean the difference between life and death. A failure to properly maintain a tube into Brady’s windpipe, Hill said, could be fatal. 

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