Is it true that you can't get Medicaid when you're over the age of 21?
You have Medicaid because you are under 21 and your family income is low enough. Medicaid is not available generally to anyone between 21 and 65 because it is assumed you would be working by the time you reach 21 and get health care through your job. I suggest if you are going to school, you go at night and work during the day. If you move out by yourself and remain low income, in order to get Medicaid after age 21 you must be disabled, pregnant, blind, a new immigrant. Thats it. You have to buy your own insurance which is cheaper at age 21. If you have a medical condition that keeps you from working, you should apply for SSI at the welfare office and if you qualify due to a disabling condition you can get Medicaid that way.
Are Medicaid and SSI designed to keep you poor?
I'm 21 and was severely hurt a while ago. I was able to qualify for SSI and Medicaid. My income and asset limits under those entitlement programs are heavily watched and kept low. For almost an entire year I've been working, and although I've switched employers a few times in that period, I like to work, regardless of losing any assistance I might receive. I have lost the SSI a while ago and just got a letter that I'm losing my insurance. So I'm going tomorrow to speak with my boss to let him know I need the employer-offerred insurance. I'm thinking of how my income and asset limits have been restricted while on these programs and just think "omg these programs are meant to keep me poor!" Is that true?
Lost SSI will I lose my Medicaid too?
This is not your fault. But this is why people have representative payees so they can have their money handled properly. Your mother did not handle it properly. When a person on SSI is to inherit money they need to have a special needs trust. The money goes into the trust and their income from SSI & Medicaid is unaffected. It will cost more than $500 to set up a trust, so you aren't really going to lose out on any $$$. So when you turn 21, you will not get an SSI check, nor will you have Medicaid. Try to get an extra month of medication just before you are 21. Than pay your bills. If you have bills of $500 or more - show the receipts to Medicaid to prove that you now have less than $2,000. Hopefully you will be without SSI and Medicaid for a very short time.
Does Walmart Vision Center accept Medicaid?
You need to call the Walmart Vision Center you plan to visit and your Medicaid MCO (The company on your insurance card) if your state has them. Some Walmart's accept Medicaid, some don't. Vision benefits vary from MCO to MCO. The basic Medicaid benefit *shoud* cover your exam, single vision lenses (ie not bi or tri focals) and a limited number of frame options once every two years for adults. If you have an MCO, some offer richer benefits. I've seen some who will go so far as covering contacts even if they are not medically necessary.
Pregnancy Medicaid coverage in FL?
That "thin wire" is rock solid for welfare. You may not be poor, but you express a welfare mentality - 'I should be eligible because I want it.' The unborn baby has DNA from two adults that live together, that is what matters. He is not a "person you are dating", sorry. The taxpayers do not agree with you. You made a baby together, surely he has some responsibility. I believe if you are truthful and honest you will still be eligible for Pregnancy Medicaid. Half of all births are paid for my Medicaid. If not now, you will be when you take a leave of absence from employment due to late term pregnancy. Apply, be honest about his sporadic part time income, take a long term average (90 days), and very good chance you are eligible, without any fraud.
Had medicaid for pregnancy then had miscarriage?
Well... They will be expecting you to have the baby in July, and if you are pregnant again then you obviously won't deliver that soon. I think you need to cancel it, and then if it turns out you are pregnant again then just re-apply. Either that or call them and tell them your situation and see if they have a way to extend it longer to your new due date. I know that you don't want to go through the whole process again, but it's the best way to make sure that you and the baby are covered through this pregnancy. Good luck and baby dust. To all the ignorant people on here - just because someone has medicaid doesn't mean that they don't have a job and it doesn't mean that they shouldn't have kids. My husband has a full time job and I have a part time job, but after bills and everything we just wouldn't be able to afford medical bills for pregnancy. So I am on medicaid because my husband doesn't get insurance through his work (yet). It costs so much money to deliver a baby in a hospital, not to mention all the doctor visits before delivery - no one can really afford to spend that kind of money without insurance. So stop judging people because one day you might be in the same situation.
Are graduate students eligible for medicaid?
The health reform law allows qualifying young adults whose parents have private group and non-group health coverage to remain on their parent’s insurance policy up to age 26. Recently issued regulations specify that a young adult can qualify for this coverage even if he or she is no longer living with a parent, is not a dependent on a parent’s tax return, or is no longer a student. Both married and unmarried young adults can qualify for the dependent coverage extension. So if Mom and Dad are OK with it you can stay on their policy.