E mālama i kāu Medicaid

Na Nida Imam, 2023 Summer Associate me ka Legal Aid's Health and Opportunity Practice Group 

Pono ka poʻe i loaʻa Medicaid e hoʻopau i kahi hoʻoholo hou i kēia makahiki e mālama i kā lākou mau pono. E hōʻalo i nā pilikia pili kānāwai, e like me ka nalo ʻana o ka uhi a me nā bila lapaʻau i uku ʻole ʻia, ma ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i kāu hoʻoholo hou Medicaid.

No nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua kāhea ka Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) i kahi Public Health Emergency (PHE) ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 a pale i nā mokuʻāina mai ka haʻalele ʻana i ka poʻe mai Medicaid. ʻAʻole pono ka poʻe i loaʻa Medicaid i kēia manawa e hōʻano hou i ko lākou kuleana a kūpono no Medicaid me ka ʻole o ka loaʻa kālā.

Me ka pau ʻana o ka PHE, ʻo ka hoʻoholo hou ʻana o Medicaid e koi hou i ka hōʻoia o ka loaʻa kālā, e like me ka hihia ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi. Ua hoʻomaka hou ʻo Ohio i nā hana maʻamau ma mua o 2023, a hoʻomaka ka hoʻopau ʻana a me ka wehe ʻana o Medicaid i ʻApelila 2023.

Pono ʻo Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) e leka uila i nā leka hoʻohou 90 a 120 mau lā ma mua o ka pau ʻana. No ka hoʻomau i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pōmaikaʻi Medicaid, e ʻoluʻolu e hana i kēia mau hana:

• Hoʻohou i ka ʻike pili me kāu Job and Family Services a i ʻole ma ke kelepona ʻana iā ODM ma 800.324.8680;
• E pane i ka palapala hōʻano hou Medicaid i ka wā e hiki mai ai ma ka leka uila;
• E hoʻouna i nā kope o ka ʻike i noi ʻia mai iā ʻoe ma mua o ka lā palena; a
• E mālama i kope o nā palapala a pau i waiho ʻia a kākau i ka lā i hoʻouna ʻia ai lākou.

No nā hana hou Medicaid, pono paha ʻoe e hoʻouna i nā kope o nā palapala e like me ka palapala hānau, ka laikini kaʻa/ mokuʻāina, nā uku uku a i ʻole ka ʻauhau ʻauhau, nā ʻōlelo panakō, ka hōʻoia o ka helu wahi, nā bila no ka hale, nā pono a me nā lilo ʻē aʻe, nā moʻolelo olakino, a me ka neʻe ʻana. moʻolelo kūlana. Pono ʻoe e hoʻouna koke i nā palapala i makemake ʻia a hiki i ka lā kūpono.

Inā ʻaʻole pane mai ka poʻe i loaʻa, e nalowale paha lākou i kā lākou uhi ʻoiai inā ʻae ʻia lākou. Pono nā mākua e pane inā ʻaʻole lākou kūpono no ka mea hiki i kā lākou mau keiki ke kūpono i ka uhi Medicaid.

Inā ho'oholo ka 'Oihana o Job a me nā 'Oihana 'ohana 'a'ole kūpono ke kanaka no ka Medicaid a 'a'ole 'ae ka mea, pono e noi koke i ka ho'olohe aupuni. Pono e loaʻa ka noi no ka hoʻolohe ʻana i loko o 90 mau lā ma hope o ka hōʻole ʻana. Inā hoʻouna ke kanaka i ka noi hoʻolohe manaʻo i loko o 15 mau lā mai ka manawa i hoʻouna ʻia ai ka leka hoʻomaopopo, ʻaʻole e pau a emi ʻole nā ​​pōmaikaʻi a me nā lawelawe a hiki i ka wā e hoʻokō ʻia ai ka hoʻolohe a hoʻoholo ʻia. E aʻo hou aku ma ka pūnaewele ʻo Ohio Department of Medicaid, medicaid.ohio.gov.

Pono ka poʻe i kūpono ʻole no Medicaid e nānā i ka ʻinikua olakino ma o kā lākou mea hana a i ʻole ma o ka Affordable Care Act Marketplace ma ola.gov.

He hana hui ʻo Get Covered Ohio e hoʻopili i ka poʻe Ohioans i ka ʻike manuahi a me ke kōkua me ka ʻimi ʻana i kā lākou mau koho ʻinikua olakino, ke kākau inoa ʻana i ka uhi olakino, a me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kā lākou uhi. E aʻo hou ma ka pūnaewele ma getcoveredohio.org, a i ʻole ma ke kelepona ʻana iā 833.628.4467.

Ua paʻi ʻia kēia ʻatikala ma ka nūpepa Legal Aid, "The Alert" Volume 39, Issue 2, i Kepakemapa 2023. E ʻike i ka pukana piha ma kēia loulou: “The Alert”- Volume 39, Issue 2 – Legal Aid Society of Cleveland.