good question about Medicaid?
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No.  You are not ever required to repay benefits you received as long as you did not lie about the money you had at the time you were receiving the benefits.\n\nThis applies to all government benefits including medicaid, food stamps, housing assistance, etc.\n\nThe point of government benefits is to aid people who need it.  If you are lucky enough to find yourself in a position that you no longer need the help, that's good for you.  But you will never have to pay back benefits you received.\n\nAgain, if you ever lie about your income and they find out, that's totally different.\n\nBesides, the taxes you would have to pay on the lottery winnings would MORE than pay back the medicaid benefits I am sure.  :-)
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A medicaid recipient cannot have more than $2,000 in "resources." Resources do NOT include a house in which the recipient lives.\n\nhttp://www.ssa.gov/notices/supplemental-security-income/text-resources-ussi.htm
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Medicare is a federally funded program as where Medicaid is a state funded program and therefore each state has the ability to set their own rules and guidelines.  Typically, medical assistance is based on your income or disbaility.  You will want to contact your local Division of Family Services to see what you may be eligible for. \nHope this helps!
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SSI and Social Security Disability (SSD) are two different things.  SSI is different from State to State.  Some states automatically give you Medicaid when you apply for SSI, some states don't.  Who turned you down for medical insurance?  Why did they turn you down? Did you apply for Medicaid or your states version of medicaid? \n\nIf you have SSD, you will get medicare after you have been on SSD for 24 months.  The 24 months starts from the month of your application, not from the date they approved you on.  Medicare part D does pay for prescription medicines, but you can't get Medicare part D unless you have Medicare.  You can't get Medicare unless you have been on SSD for 24 months OR you are 65.\n\nIt sounds like you need to find out why they turned you down for medical coverage, and then address those issues.  The Medicaid office in my state will deny people for the most trivial of reasons.  If you are on SSI you have prooven that you have a VERY limited income and resources, so you obviously can't afford to buy a plan and you can't afford to pay the medical bills. Get more detail on your denial and fight it.  Call a lawyer if you need to, many areas have low cost or no cost lawyers to help people with this kind of thing.
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Apparently NY has expanded Medicaid and is relying on counties to pay for it. \n\nThat must really suck!
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Actually, the previous answer missed the mark.  Medicaid indicates that the facility is receiving government assistance and because of this, they are not allowed to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, or color.  If they were a completely self-sufficient facility, he would be correct.  \nReporting them to medicaid could threaten their financial well-being by threatening their ability to receive medicaid funds.
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I don't know specifically but associations can usually help people out with those types of questions. Check with the Healthcare Distribution Management Association: http://www.healthcaredistribution.org/\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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If you're in California:\nCall the San Bernardino County MediCal Dept., and they'll help get you started.  Every state provides some form of  federal assistance that is based on your income; they're just called different names.....(in OH, it's called 'Medicaid').\n\nHope this helps you.\nSmartycat
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I don't know what state you're in so I can't provide a link. However, you can search online by putting the words Medicaid and the name of your state in the Google search box. Most states have information on their websites or at least a phone number to call.\n\nGood luck!
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Nope.  Medicaid reform is needed across the country, period.  In some states caid won't pay for a scheduled doctor's visit that would cost $40-60, but they will pay for a $1000 ER visit for the same reason.  Medicaid patients know this and clutter up the ERs just to get a refill on medication.  Abortion issues stir me up, but the root cause of the problem you describe is a clasic case of policy gone wrong.  The people in charge are ultimately politically, not professionally, motivated.\n\nThe end result is what you describe.  I'd rather see Medicaid pay for adoptions.  This would better health of both patients, the mom and the baby.
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I have had custody of my retarded granddaughter all of her life.  I have struggled with questions like, how do I protect her from sexual preditors? Should I have her tubes tied? Should she be on birth control? \n\nWhen I die, who will take care of her.  If I leave any money to her when I die, she can loose all of her government benefits ... so how can I be sure she is taken care of in the future?  Where will she live?  Will she ever be able to get a paying job?  How much freedom can she have?  \n\nAll of these are my questions ... but they all apply to her if you turn it around.  Like she could be asking, "Will I ever be able to get a job?"\n\nThere is a lot of discrimination against disabled people ... especially those on medicaide.  A lot of doctors can't make enough money from medicaide payments, so they refuse to treat handicapped people. So this is a question ... can I or will I be able to get decent medical care?  \n\nThere are a lot more ... but this gives you a little idea of some of the issues for the disabled people (and their care givers) in the USA.
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socialsecurity.gov; or search social security administration\nfor medical coverage as medicaid you need to go to the closes Human Resources Administration, any hospital or close by clinic; or call if in NYC 311.
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that is a hard one to answer as medicaid varies in their "quote" area of how much u make/don't make.  Best bet is to call your local medicaid office and ask.
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call the dental school and ask them.  Some schools have a long waiting list.  also if your child is under the age of 18 and meet some criteria, your child could get medicaid.  just call the Medicaid office in your area.
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Every state is different so I can't really say, but if you have medicade you get the medicare prescription plan totally free so it can't hurt.
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well, you can go to a local clinic. you can call the hospital and they may have a clinic there. If you apply for medicaid ,which you may be able to do right at the clinic or your local social services department, you can have full coverage and get you necessary checkups. You took the first important step-asking.
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If you're eligible, you can always apply for Medicaid through the State.  If not, you can try a plan such as Denticare or American Dental Plan.  Also, you may want to look into taking him to a dental school that is near you.\n\nhttp://www.americandenticare.com/Profile.html\nhttp://www.usadentalplan.org/