Medicaid

As I mentioned in my Mission Statement I want to share information that I have gained. Through the years I have made many attempts to obtain medicaid for Steven. We always had medical insurance for him but with the amount of medical visits the co-pays were very costly as well as many of the medications. Also, being that Steven is hearing impaired it was important to have insurance that would pay for things that the school district would not cover(although in our case the school district paid for and maintains Steve's personal FM unit used in the classroom). I tried for years to get medicaid. Always getting the run around, I was told many times that our household income would not qualify us for medicaid (meaning Steven). Finally through OMRDD I was assigned a non-medicaid service coordinator at UCP. This was like my 'big break'! I learned that a child with a disability can qualify for medicaid regardless of the household income.
This person held my hand during the entire process until we finally got approved.
Being a strong advocate is what has gotten us the this point. If you decide to go down this path, which I highly recommend it is important to keep in mind that it's endless phone calls and constant follow up but in the end truly worth it. If you are interested in getting information please check out the following website,
http://www.health.state.ny.us/health_care/medicaid/#qualify
Please feel free to contact me in you need any additional information of assistance :)