No health insurance!

misspregger6989

I no longer have health insurance from my previous job and have been looking everyone for a company that can give me maternity coverage but found none online. I applied for government assisted health insurance a week ago, but it will be a process of a few weeks to find out if they accept me. (And they may not, they've denied me before.) I really want to get in for my first doctors visit but I'm worried about the cost. Would it be better for me to just wait for AHCCCS?

averymom2011

Try going to your local social services an try applying for medicade

misspregger6989

I went to planned parenthood and applied online, I am waiting for a letter in the mail to tell me when I have an appointment to turn in paperwork but it hasn't come. It will within a few days I'm sure, but it's the processes of waiting until they go over my paperwork, (they might find out they need more I have to bring in), then all to find out I make too much money or something else preventing me from getting aid.

baby4ontheway

In most states if you are pregnant and are not getting insurance from ur job the state will provide u with insurance no matter what ur income is. And they may also give u temp insurance while they are processing ur paperwork.

misspregger6989

Hearing that makes me feel sooo much better. (Something I probably should have known already!) I guess I'll do everything I can to get everything moving as quickly as possible. Thanks!

jcmommy

Here, I can go to my local health dept and they help me get a temporary 30 days emergency Medicaid card until you figure out everything with the actual Medicaid office.

baby4ontheway

Misspregger6989 what state do u live in if u don't mind me asking?

misspregger6989

Arizona

baby4ontheway

If u go online you can look on ur states website probably where u applied for help and they should be able to tell u if they offer the temp insurance. Look for something called presumptive medicaid.

starrxoxo9

Just Google Medicaid income guidelines in AZ and you should find a website to tell u right away if you qualify. I'm in NY and I did that I filled out a pre app online and it told me right away all the things I may qualify for. Good luck!! P.s. health insurance sucks we should all be able to get care no matter what without paying a fortune!!

lovejace11

You should qualify for pregnant medicaid, I have insurance with my job plus Medicaid, which covers everything my insurance doesn't cover. Which helps out a lot.

SugarMandy

With my first child it took a few months to get tittle 19 (medicaid ) I couldn't find my birth certificate after the move. But they back date for 3 months so they will cover your visits. Just make sure they process those first doc. Visits again or 2 years later you will be getting the bills sent to u again. And its a real hassle to get those taken off ur credit report.