Ndi Tonya Sams
Mliri wa COVID wapangitsa kuti zinthu zambiri za moyo wathu zisinthe. Izi zinaphatikizapo kusintha kwa Medicaid. Medicaid imapereka chithandizo chaumoyo kwa anthu mamiliyoni ambiri m'dziko lonselo kuphatikiza omwe ali ndi ndalama zochepa, olumala, ana, okalamba, ndi amayi apakati. Boma lidapanga Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) yomwe idalola kuti omwe adalembetsa ku Medicaid asanafike kapena pambuyo pa Marichi 2020 kuti asalembetsedwe.
Tsopano popeza Medicaid yabwereranso ku malangizo omwe asanachitike mliri ambiri olembetsa atha kukhala pachiwopsezo chotaya mapindu awo ngati sanapereke mapaketi awo okonzanso a Medicaid kapena ngati akuwoneka kuti sakuyenera kulandira Medicaid.
Anthu okhala ku Ohio omwe adasinthidwanso mapindu awo a Medicaid alandila chidziwitso kuchokera ku ofesi yawo ya Job ndi Family Services kuwadziwitsa za kuvomerezedwa kwawo. Iwo omwe sali oyenerera kukonzanso basi adzalandira mapaketi okonzanso pamakalata, koma mapaketiwo ayenera kutumizidwanso kuderali mwachangu kuti asachotsedwe ku Medicaid. Izi zipitilira kukonzanso zonse zomwe zikubwera kwa miyezi ingapo ikubwerayi. Ngati mutaya zopindulitsa, Medicaid imalola nthawi yobwezeretsa masiku 90 kuti mupereke fomu yokonzanso kuti mutsimikizirenso kuyenerera kwa mapindu.
Mapaketi omaliza a Medicaid okonzanso amatha kubwezeredwa m'njira zingapo. Atha kubwezeredwa ndi makalata kapena pobweza paketi yokonzanso yomalizidwa ndi kusaina ku ofesi yakomweko ya Job ndi Family Services. Anthu amathanso kukonzanso pafoni poyimbira Medicaid Consumer Hotline pa 800-324-8680, Lolemba mpaka Lachisanu 8 am. ku 4pm
Zokonzanso zitha kuchitidwanso pa intaneti kudzera pa tsamba loyenerera la Ohio Benefits. Pitani ssp.benefits.ohio.gov koma pokhapokha ngati mwapanga kale akaunti ya Portal Self-Service. Apo ayi, muyenera kutumiza kukonzanso kudzera mu imodzi mwa njira zomwe zatchulidwa pamwambapa. Ngakhale simungathe kumaliza kukonzanso mu Self-Service Portal, mutha kugwiritsabe ntchito akaunti yanu kunena zakusintha ndikukweza zikalata. Khomo limakupatsaninso mwayi wopempha zidziwitso zamawu ndi mawu okhudza zosintha pamilandu yanu. Apanso, olembetsa atha kuyimba foni ya Medicaid kasitomala pa 800-324-8680 kuti awathandize.
Ngati simukuyeneranso kulandira Medicaid, pali njira zina zopezera inshuwaransi yazaumoyo. Mutha kuwona ngati abwana anu akupereka chithandizo, kapena mutha kuwona ngati kufalikira kulipo pa Marketplace yothandizidwa ndi federally pa Zaumoyo.gov kapena kuitana 800-318-2596. Thandizo likupezekanso kudzera mu mgwirizano pakati pa dipatimenti ya Ohio ya Medicaid ndi Ohio Association of Foodbanks. Kuti mudziwe zambiri pitani ku getcoveredohio.org kapena imbani 833-628-4467 kuti mupeze chithandizo chatsopano.
Muli ndi vuto ndi njira yokonzanso Medicaid kapena simukugwirizana ndi kuchotsedwa kwanu kwa Medicaid? Legal Aid ikhoza kukuthandizani! Imbani Legal Aid pa 888-817-3777, kapena malizitsani kudya pa intaneti 24/7 pa lasclev.org.
Nkhani yomwe yasindikizidwa m'ma TV awa:
The Lakewood Observer: Kusintha kwa Post Pandemic ku Medicaid Kutha Kukhudza Kufalikira
The Cleveland Observer: Kusintha kwa Post-Pandemic Kungakhudze Kufalikira kwa Medicaid