My letter to Medicaid, appealing my child's Medicaid denial
OK, just need to put this out there for ANYONE in a similar situation.<p>It seems relatively unknown, but in the US you can enroll a child with chronic illness into Medicaid through the &quot;Katie Beckett&quot; [1] program, regardless of household income.<p>Unfortunately, that process is both annoying and semi long (takes a month or so).  Part of the process involved applying for and getting denied medicaid coverage.<p>All this is to say, if you have a child with a severe long term illness&#x2F;disability, you can get them extremely generous healthcare even if you are pulling in a large salary.<p>I&#x27;ve had to do this with my own child, so I know it&#x27;s really rough.  But please, take advantage and get your kiddo all the therapy&#x2F;medical care they need.<p>Edit:  I should note that not every state has this.  Many (23) do.  It looks like Indiana is one of the states that does not have it :(.  States are required to have passed TEFRA. [2]<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dhcfp.nv.gov&#x2F;Pgms&#x2F;LTSS&#x2F;LTSSKatieBeckett&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dhcfp.nv.gov&#x2F;Pgms&#x2F;LTSS&#x2F;LTSSKatieBeckett&#x2F;</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.kidswaivers.org&#x2F;full-list&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.kidswaivers.org&#x2F;full-list&#x2F;</a>