Medicaid

[kb8583]

Before my husband was diagnosed with tc he was in the process of moving from a job with a contractor at his company to a permanent job at the company. We stopped our health insurance a few months ago.. stupid I know. I have already kicked myself in the butt multiple times. Anyway.. Everything so far we are being billed for, but I know it is going to add up faster than I can imagine, so we applied for medicaid today. I honestly don't know a single thing about medicaid. I went on their website, but it just confused me more than anything. Does anyone have medicaid that you use for cancer related treatments, visits, etc? Are their copays..are we responsible for what they don't cover? Any help would be much appreciated!

[jbarnard]

Hi Kalli, I don't know about medicaid, but I do know that the obamacare plan might be a good choice. It is pricey but they have to take all preexisting conditions from what i heard.

[tjbrady]

My son was unemployed when he was diagnosed and trying to get him any assistance was like pulling a tooth from an unsedated lion. I was never so mad in my entire life. But what we did finally find out that because he had cancer and with all the treatments he couldn't work all he had to do was apply for ss disability and once that was approved he automatically was qualified for Medicare and it all grandfathered back to when he was first diagnosed. Don't know if this helps you in any way but might be worth checking out.

Best of luck

Terry