My friend called me today saying that she just realized her boyfriend added their baby to his health insurance 6 months ago (the baby is now just over 6 months old and the new insurance took effect 2 days after he was born). They never got a card though- so she wasn't sure until she asked him to check on it.
Well, she called his dr to let them know they had other coverage and was informed that she was supposed to tell Medicaid the moment they added the baby to any other insurance- now she's worried she'll have to pay medicaid back for everything! or deal w/ the hassel of trying to get the other insurance comp to pay it.
She wanted to know what to do. Should she deal w/ it all? Just call medicaid and cancel, not saying anything? or what? She was worried medicaid would check w/ the new insurance to verify if she told them she was going to add the baby to her health care. She told the dr office she didn't have the new insurance info & still wasn't 100% sure he was added.
2007-03-27 15:10:39 · 2 answers · asked by claire b 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Since she stole taxpayer's money to pay for her kid's healthcare, it is HER job to fix everything. She must be honest, call Medicaid and explain what happened, and talk to the insurance company and doctor's office to get the coverage straightened out.
As an adult and a parent, she should know what's going on with her own child's healthcare!
2007-03-27 15:27:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
First she should ask the father for an insurance card. If he won't get it for her then she may be able to go to the HR dept. at his company and get one. If that fails she should consult DH and tell them "he said" he has insurance. They can find out. Since she was unaware of the other insurance, maybe she won't be expected to pay back the DH. This may have another effect too. If the father is not paying child support, the DH will probably file suit against him and make him pay back child support, then deduct anything owed them from that amount. I can't say any of this for certain but I know several people who have had similar problems and this is how they were handled.
2007-03-27 22:23:53 · answer #2 · answered by sissyd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋