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Syrian refugee with genetic disorder in suburban Chicago faces looming cutoff from Medicaid

Omar spent a recent morning like most teenagers — browsing YouTube videos ranging on topics from tech to anime. But Omar wasn’t swiping through the videos with his fingers. The 19-year-old, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, uses his eyes to control the tablet, and he spends his days on a hospital bed that sits in th