Qualified for Medicaid but starting new job in 3 weeks….
Having trouble finding an answer online. Ok so my husband lost his job, our source of health insurance, and we immediately applied and qualified for Medicaid. In the meantime both of us have been applying to jobs and I just got hired at a job and start in 3 weeks. Problem is, health insurance at that job doesn’t kick in until after 60 days of employment. Can we keep Medicaid until that time? All I’m seeing online is that we have to re-qualify for Medicaid every 12 months. But do I have to immediately update my income on the Healthcare . gov site? If so when? (Biweekly pay so my first paycheck won’t be until 5 weeks from now). The new income will likely disqualify us for Medicaid but just barely. Thankfully it’s open enrollment time in case I need to look for something else. (After that I’ll have the separate problem of seeing if our low-ish income will qualify us for a cheaper plan than my work-provided insurance, but I’ll probably post and ask about that separately when the time comes!) My husband and one of my kids have ongoing medical appointments otherwise we’d just go without for the two months if needed.
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