In order to receive Medicare or Medicaid at age 42, you must be "totally and permanently disabled" as defined by Social Security regulations. This is different from your employer's determination of disability.
You may receive Medicaid, even if you are not disabled per Social Security regulations, if you have minor dependent child(ren).
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VA disability does not automatically make one eligible for Medicaid; you will have to submit your medical records to Medicaid. However, it seems likely to me that you would qualify.
Medicaid might be waiting for auto insurance or some other private carrier to adjudicate the claim. What reason did they give the hospital? There should be a Medicaid hotline number you can call in your State to find out what's happening.
Yes. That's why one should have Medicaid (if eligible) or supplemental insurance.
Yes, you can have both Medicaid and a private health insurance plan. The Medicaid plan will pay after your private plan pays. This means that your doctor (or hospital or other service provider) will bill your private plan first; then they will send the private plan's explanation of benefits (called an "EOB") to Medicaid.
Both Medicare and Medicaid are government insurance programs.
Probably not, but if the hospital accepted you as a Medicaid patient you should not be liable for their delay.
You can get Medicaid when pregnant if you meet the eligibility requirements - principally, citizenship and limited income/assets. Medicaid can be backdated up to three months prior to the month of your application.You can get Medicaid even if you have insurance; however, your provider(s) must bill your insurance first, prior to billing Medicaid.
Yes - private insurance is not a bar to Medicaid eligibility - but tell your Medicaid caseworker so that the private insurance is billed first.
Go to Job and Family Services and sign up for Medicaid. Call the hospital and ask if they have a financial aid program. Ask your provider to pay the balance in full with a discount due to no insurance.
The provider must give Medicaid proof that the other insurance carrier (including Medicaid) has "adjudicated" the bill. Medicaid will then pay any remaining eligible charges, to the extent that it would have paid had the patient not had any other insurance.
Medicaid is State Insurance and Medicare is federal. Therefore, it depends on what state you have Medicaid in; however, I doubt that they would. Very few insurance companies do.