Am I entitled for Medicaid? (pregnancy)

[returningCitizen 1]

Hi. I am a US citizen , but i have never lived in the USA before. I have filed my US tax returns (up to date). I want to return to the USA but i am worried about the medical care, especially with the uncertainties whether i am going to get a job or not and that I am currently pregnant. If i return to the USA, and due to give birth there, would i be entitled for Medicaid? I am not sure just yet which state i will be heading to. Would it matter for Medicaid application if my husband, at the time of delivery, might have a job (husband is not a USC, but has legal status in the USA)?

[returningCitizen 1]

any moderators can move this to the right subforum?

[payxibka 10,047]

16 hours ago, returningCitizen said:

Hi. I am a US citizen , but i have never lived in the USA before. I have filed my US tax returns (up to date). I want to return to the USA but i am worried about the medical care, especially with the uncertainties whether i am going to get a job or not and that I am currently pregnant. If i return to the USA, and due to give birth there, would i be entitled for Medicaid? I am not sure just yet which state i will be heading to. Would it matter for Medicaid application if my husband, at the time of delivery, might have a job (husband is not a USC, but has legal status in the USA)?

Entitled if you are eligible.  Medicaid is state administered so 50 different sets of eligibilities

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

  As a USC you qualify by status,  are you eligible by income and asset guidelines ?    

[returningCitizen 1]

Well if i return to the USA, most definitely i will not be able to work immediately.  So i wont have any income. My husband "might" be able to get a job. Would that automatically disqualify me from Medicaid?

[debbiedoo 2,339]

On 5/16/2018 at 1:59 AM, returningCitizen said:

Well if i return to the USA, most definitely i will not be able to work immediately.  So i wont have any income. My husband "might" be able to get a job. Would that automatically disqualify me from Medicaid?

 

its all dependent on income. you are married. so all the income is counted together (since you dont work, it would be his)

[returningCitizen 1]

1 minute ago, debbiedoo said:

 

its all dependent on income. you are married. so all the income is counted together (since you dont work, it would be his)

So as long as my spouse is earning something that might be above poverty line four our household, Medicaid is not something that I can even think of applying?

[debbiedoo 2,339]

Just now, returningCitizen said:

So as long as my spouse is earning something that might be above poverty line four our household, Medicaid is not something that I can even think of applying?

every state has different income standards. you would have to contact social services of the county of the state that you are living in/moving to, to get the answer for that

[debbiedoo 2,339]

For example, 20 years ago, when I had my first child, my husband made (errrr roughly it was a long time ago lol) $12/hour. which is about $24,000 a year. We qualified for pregnancy/infant medicaid (whatever it was called - it only covered the pregnancy and first year of the baby's life)  in North Carolina, which is where we lived.