| Medical emergencies occur very unexpectedly. | | | | paper application and returning it in the mail, or |
| When a person does not carry health insurance, | | | | they may apply in person. They may be able to |
| or does not carry a significant health insurance, | | | | get help from a doctor's office or hospital social |
| one option that they may wish to consider is | | | | worker, mental health care provider, the state's |
| applying for emergency medicaid. | | | | online website for medicaid services, or over the |
| Emergency medicaid is a special part of the state | | | | phone. The application options may vary from |
| Medicaid health care plan that can allow people | | | | state to state. |
| who may have had a sudden medical situation | | | | Interviews sometimes take place at the time that |
| occur. This usually covers only matters that can | | | | the applications are received, while in other |
| permanently diminish a person's quality of life | | | | instances an appointment may have to be made. |
| when the diagnosis is very sudden and | | | | The application will ask many personal questions, |
| unexpected, such as when a woman goes into | | | | including information about a person's current |
| labor without having known that she was | | | | employment status, family status, the |
| pregnant or serious injuries sustained in a car | | | | circumstance of applying for this coverage, and |
| accident or a bicycle accident such as major head | | | | questions in regards to financial assets. |
| trauma or a ruptured organ. | | | | At the time of the interview, a person will be |
| There are a few ways that a person may apply | | | | asked to present their own personal identification |
| for medicaid, depending upon which state that | | | | and social security card, as well as those for all |
| they live in. Many states handle medicaid through | | | | household members. When applying, a person |
| their local social service office. These offices may | | | | may be asked to present birth certificates for all |
| be known by different names. In some states it | | | | children. Anyone applying for this coverage should |
| is the Department of Human Services, while in | | | | go prepared with those documents, along with all |
| Michigan it is the Family Independence Agency. If | | | | house deeds and/or rent receipts, bank |
| you are unsure of the office that you will need to | | | | statements, paycheck stubs/statement of |
| apply to, contact your local public aid office. | | | | earnings, and the medical bills and any available |
| When initially applying for this type of coverage, a | | | | medical records they have. |
| person may initially be able to apply by filling out a | | | | |