Medicaid while traveling???
I haven't been able to find any answers about this yet, so hopefully someone here knows something!
I live in Oklahoma and I'm on SoonerCare. With the recent expansion, I chose the Aetna Better Health plan.
Later this year, I might be out of state for a while. I know that if I were to have an emergency while traveling, an ER trip would be covered, but what I am trying to figure out is how to keep up with my routine care. Currently, I see a therapist via telehealth weekly. I see a psychiatrist via telehealth monthly. My therapist mentioned to me that she is technically not supposed to see me if I am not in the state during my appointment because she is only licensed to practice in Oklahoma. That surprised me because I figured it would be fine since I'm a resident of the state she is licensed in. But now I'm thinking about it more, and I'm worried about my psychiatrist too. Assuming he is allowed to see me while in another state, would my insurance allow it? Would he be able to send refills to a pharmacy outside of Oklahoma? And if I found a therapist licensed in more states, could SoonerCare potentially cover that? Also, what if I came down with something like strep while I'm away? Think I'd just have to scrounge up money for an out-of-pocket urgent care visit and antibiotics?
If anyone has information, thank you in advance!
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