The Arkansas Medicaid Program Covers:
Who can get full Medicaid benefits?
It depends on how much money you make, how much property you own, your age, and your situation. Most people who can get Medicaid are in one of these groups:
Age 65 and older
Under age 19
Blind
Disabled
Pregnant
The parent or the relative who is caretaker of a child with an absent, disabled, or unemployed parent
Living in a nursing home
Under age 21 and in foster care
In medical need of certain home- and community-based services
Have breast or cervical cancer
Disabled, including working disabled
If you can't get full Medicaid benefits, there are programs that can help. Here are a few:
ARKids First-B
Medicaid Spend-Down
Women's Health (Family Planning)
Medicare Savings Programs (QMB, SMB, and QI-1)
Tuberculosis (TB)
Medicaid will not make payments to you but will pay doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers who are enrolled in the Medicaid program.
Medicaid can help pay some of your medical bills, but not always all of them. If you're an adult on Medicaid, you will have to pay for part of your medical care.
Doctors do not have to bill Medicaid, even if they are Medicaid providers. Before you get a service or treatment, ask if it will be billed to Medicaid. If it will not, the doctor has to tell you. If you still want the treatment, you may have to pay for it yourself. Or, you can find another doctor who will bill Medicaid.
Most people must choose a "primary care physician," or PCP. Your PCP is the doctor who is in charge of your health care.
You will be given a card to show your doctor or health care provider. Take care of your card, and keep it with you at all times. It makes it easier to get the care you need.
Do not let others use your card, or you will lose it, and might even go to jail!