I gave this message in another forum ,but
i'll post the info her judt for fyi.
I'm 17 and 5 1/2 weeks, how about you?
Anyway I am 17 and my mom make $60,000 a
year so I thought that I wouldn't qualify
for medicaid but I found a louisiana law
that says that it is based on my income
($0) ,instead of my mom's b/c I am a teen.
So i'll be applying after I get some
money to get an official test from a
doctor (hopefully wed.) b/c you have to
send proof that you are a preggie. N e
way, um in louisiana the part of medicaid
for pregnant women is lamoms. It covers
all pre natal and deliver costs ,including
labs, rx's, and whatever else. It also
covers the mother up to 60 days after
delivery for care ,and covers baby until
age 1. Then when baby turns 1 you can
apply for more free insurance here it is
called lachip for kids 1-5. So one thing
that I won't have to worry about is the
baby's healthcare ,and by the time he/she
is 5 I should be finished school (i'm a
nursing student). Go to http://www.Cms.Hhs.Gov
/states/default.Asp ,and go to the
bottom of the page and choose your state.
Many states have their app online for you
to print out. So I think all you'll have
to do is fill out the app get a doc's
verification that you are pregnant on
paper , income verification (i.E. Check
stubs. Down here they'll want your last
months stubs and last years tax return)
,and send it in. They can take up to 45
days to get back to you but they try to do
it quickly. In my state they'll even
cover you for up to 3 months before you
applied if you were pregnant. Another
thing I know that lots of people are
ashamed to get gov. Assistance but don't
be. I look at it like this I am having a
baby ,and if I need help to take care of
he/her then i'll take what I can get, as
long as I am really trying to do something
with my life. As for wic, I don't know to
much about this yet, but you should be
able to find out about this through the
lik I gave you too. All I really know
about wic is that you get weekly vouchers
to get non perishable foods for you and
your baby. They only give you enough for
a week to my knowlege. And you may also
have other help like down here they have
child care vouchers. So if you are in
school ,or working they will let you pich
out some type of child care (class a
lisence, in home care (your home), or in
home care (someon else's home with less
than 6 kids) ,and after the paperwork is
complete they'll be paying for your
childcare. Good luck!!!!!!!!..........
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bellax0x
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 3572 Location: Jersey Baby!
Posted: 06-13-04 09:32am
Medicaid is really such a great and
helpful thing!
<3
gaby
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PregnaJordan
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Oct 2003 Posts: 2908
Posted: 06-13-04 13:24pm
I have medicaid
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newlife
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 874
Posted: 06-13-04 17:15pm
Jordan, hw is the whole medicaid in your
area? Anything like mine?
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Julymommy72504
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 225 Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Posted: 06-14-04 01:12am
I also have medicaid!!! I did not need
the doctor statement though. I had went
to this free pregnancy center and they
wrote out a paper saying I was preggy.
Well I took that to the medicaid place and
they got me medicaid and also a doctor
that would see me even without it. They
knew that the medicaid would back up and
pay for everything so they dont care.
Thank god, I don't know what I would do
without it!!! I have to call as soon as I
have hayley well when I feel better so
they can get that processed and also a
medical card for the baby so her
treatments will be taken care of :d
lots of love,
heather and hayley
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newlife
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 874
Posted: 06-14-04 10:36am
July, what stat do you live in? Do you
think I can use the paper I got when I
went to the free test center? I don't
know cuz it was done by a nurse and not a
doc.
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PregnaJordan
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Oct 2003 Posts: 2908
Posted: 06-14-04 14:14pm
Sortta, but not really....Here im 17 and
they based it on my moms income, thank god
at the time she wasnt working so I got
it...Baby will b on it till he/she is 1
jnder my medicaid, but then I can apply
for her own until shes 19!~
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Julymommy72504
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 225 Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Posted: 06-14-04 21:56pm
I live in ohio. The lady at the free
pregnancy center was not even a doctor or
a nurse it said that on the paper. I know
another lady that used that paper also.
See you cant get a doc to give you the
test without insurance so you go to a free
pregnancy center and then the medicaid
office calls to verify. That is how they
did mine. Did the pregnancy center you
went to give you any kind of healthy
families packs or information on medicaid?
What state you live in?
Lots of love,
heather and hayley
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newlife
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 874
Posted: 06-14-04 23:41pm
They didn't give me any info on medicaid
,i just found it on the net. And I live
in louisiana. It turns out that I can use
the verification that I got ,i'll just
make a copy. But now I have another prob
,there is a law down here that says
medicaid services for an teen will be
based on the teens income and not her
parents ,and that is allit says. Today I
talked to so many people a lot of them
told me that it will only be based on my
income if I don't live with my parents
,and one person told me that it is based
on my income. And someone just gve me the
number of a supervisor ,and this woman
doesn't know how to answer the phone. But
i'll try early in the morining. I hope
she tells me what I want to hear so I can
figure out what to do with this app ,and
send it in. I really need to go to the
doctor and make sure my baby is okay.
