My 91 year old hubby is in the nursing home on Medicaid. I am not on Medicaid at all, yet they refuse to allow me to keep enough money to pay either my insurance deductible or the medical bills after both Medicare and private insurance have finished. Every time I present Medicaid office with medical bills I am told "Sorry but we do not allow for medical bills after insurance". HOW can they stop you from paying what is legally yours to pay? Now I am being sued for over $112,000 in medical bills and driven nuts with collection calls at all hours of the day and night. Why can't I pay my bills????
http://www.iaaaa.org/smp.asp
They are saying THEY, Medicaid, won't pay the bills.
The bills must be paid by You personally from your own funds.
consult with an elder care attorney about your personal liabilities.
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http://www.indianalegalservices.org/search-site/medicaid
Are you seeing providers that accept Medicaid as payment in full? I'm answering your question in part to keep it bumped up to the top of the posts so that someone with more expertise in this area can chime in. Also, do you have any adult children who could help you gain better understanding of this? I know that when my husband was ill, my ability to cope with the billing paperwork dropped off to nil, although I'm usually quite sharp about stuff like that.