Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are in Virginia and not low-income. He has autism and mental health issues.

Medicaid is for low income people. Why should someone making a good income be allowed to be on Medicaid? Stop trying to game the system

Stop posting about topics you don't understand, nitwit. Her child is mentally ill. Do you know how much even one day of inpatient treatment costs?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are in Virginia and not low-income. He has autism and mental health issues.

Medicaid is for low income people. Why should someone making a good income be allowed to be on Medicaid? Stop trying to game the system

Virginia barely considers anyone "low-income" and has one of the stingiest Medicaid programs in the country. Not low-income, to Virginia, means a single person making more than $17,237/year or a family of 3 earning more than $29,436, so nearly anyone employed (and not blind or elderly) and living in NoVA is going to have to qualify for a Katie Beckett waiver to get their kid covered.

It is absurd to expect anyone to bankrupt themselves providing appropriate medical care for their children. I genuinely have no idea how anyone who's not high-income manages it, between insurance, copays, the wait lists for in-network providers, the much better ones that don't take insurance at all, hospitalization, and prescriptions.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are in Virginia and not low-income. He has autism and mental health issues.

Medicaid is for low income people. Why should someone making a good income be allowed to be on Medicaid? Stop trying to game the system

This program waives consideration of the family's income only for children with severe disabilities, which often require very expensive treatment (therapy, skilled nursing, visits with multiple doctors, frequent hospitalizations, etc.) that could bankrupt even families with a decent income and health insurance. To apply for it is not "gaming the system" any more than getting any other benefit to which you are entitled. Google Katie Beckett waiver to learn more.

+1. And it is not easy to qualify. If OP's child is able to receive it, you can be confident that her child has serious medical issues.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are in Virginia and not low-income. He has autism and mental health issues.

Medicaid is for low income people. Why should someone making a good income be allowed to be on Medicaid? Stop trying to game the system

This program waives consideration of the family's income only for children with severe disabilities, which often require very expensive treatment (therapy, skilled nursing, visits with multiple doctors, frequent hospitalizations, etc.) that could bankrupt even families with a decent income and health insurance. To apply for it is not "gaming the system" any more than getting any other benefit to which you are entitled. Google Katie Beckett waiver to learn more.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are in Virginia and not low-income. He has autism and mental health issues.

Medicaid is for low income people. Why should someone making a good income be allowed to be on Medicaid? Stop trying to game the system

Medicaid is and has always been for low-income people AND people with disabilities. It is up to each state to decide how generous the health benefits are for each population, so long as they provide something. OP is not trying to get her entire family covered, just the disabled child.

If you don't like that, lobby your state legislator.

Anonymous wrote:We are in Virginia and not low-income. He has autism and mental health issues.

Medicaid is for low income people. Why should someone making a good income be allowed to be on Medicaid? Stop trying to game the system

If he is six or older, you want to apply for a Developmental Disability Waiver to get him on the Medicaid DD Waiver Waiting list which is years long.

It does sound like he might still qualify for a CCC+ Waiver which does not have a waiting list.

At age 18 he can apply as a family of one and parent resources are not considered. Until then, it is very hard.

Moms in Motion is a group that can help walk you through the process.

http://www.kidswaivers.org/va/

http://www.mylifemycommunityvirginia.org/

We are in Virginia and not low-income. He has autism and mental health issues.