I was hoping someone would know the answer...if a girl gets pregnant and has no insurance and is unmarried, she gets approved by Medicaid. She knows who the Father is. The Father will do the right thing and file child support on himself and be financially responsible for the baby in all aspects. My question is...will Medicaid expect the Father to pay them back all of the medical costs for her delivery?
They are not in a relationship. Will Medicaid come after him for medical cost of the delivery itself? He will add the baby on to his own insurance as soon as the baby is born.

Please-no judging. Just want to know what Medicaid will do to him. Multiple calls to different sources have got us nowhere!
Thanks! 

I don't know what you mean by filing support on himself. Anyhow, if the father is identified or acknowledges paternity and the mother gets Medicaid they do somehow recoup that what is Mediciad is paying out. I am not familiar with Texas in particular or personally but know that the mom can't double dip. 

I THINK they will check him out to see his income, if he has little income there is nothing they can do and medicaid will pay. Not sure how long this applies but it may be that they can come after him and or her after they have a higher income at a later date for repayment. 

Interesting... I had to read this a couple of times and maybe I am misinterpreting but it sounds like the father does not want the responsibility until AFTER the baby is born. This almost makes it seem like fraud and Medicaid will most likely comeback on the father for the costs and possibly even additional costs if they investigate and deem it deception to get Medicaid. Is the father going to be identified on the birth certificate? 

He plans on being responsible from the very beginning, but the baby wont be here for a few more months. There is no fraud involved now, nor will there be. He is owning up to being a Father. He has no intentions of bailing on the baby. 

I was just curious if Medicaid would go back after the mothers Medicaid costs, once the baby was born and we he be responsible for paying it back? She had no health insurance when she got pregnant, he does have it, but couldn't add her because they weren't married.

He will be on the birth certificate and he will pay child support. He is going to file on himself as soon as the baby is born. 

If he is a responsible man, he would go to the hospital and doctor and ask for the cash discount for labor and delivery. It is usually about $5000. Then, he would pay the bill. 

If biological father wants an d accepts responsibility he should be liable for half the delivery cost as well as child support.

if biological father wants nothing to do with it, then proof of paternity has to be established before and support can be extracted from him. 

It is usually about $5000.

WOW! That is much cheaper than I thought it would be. 

He needs to put the mother on his health insurance policy-and they sure did have some kind of relationship... 

Has she already been accepted by Medicaid already? It's my understanding that Texas did not approve the Medicaid Expansion here in Texas so the only way to get Medicaid is by getting accepted into the SSI program. We've been going round and round with this because we are trying to get benefits for my son. 

JPGIRL,yes she has been accepted,but she was denied 2 times at first, I think.She is now 7 months pregnant. 

Yeah I honestly don't know how there are so many welfare frauds as everyone claims. My son is mentally ill and developmentally disabled- can work but limited hours and only at minimum wage.
He was denied SSI the first time ( tried to do it on his own and messed up). Hubs and I are college educated people and yet we had a hard time making headway. A SSI lawyer is now involved- she said 90% of first time applicants are denied- 80% of second timers. Same with Medicaid! So I don't understand how so many can scam the system!!


Anyways- I can't speak to Medicaid BUT I do know ( having gone through the trials and tribulations of Medicare with my Dad) the government watches it like a hawk and will ask for payback if there is the slightest hint of other insurance or monies going toward the applicant. So be careful 

He needs to put the mother on his health insurance policy-and they sure did have some kind of relationship...?

I have a friend who's son was in this situation. They tried to put the girl on their insurance but the insurer did not allow it. When the baby was born it was automatically put on the boys parents insurance.

This is such a difficult situation. 

FANCY PANTS- do you know if they went back against the Dad to pay the hospital delivery costs? I am just wondering if it is money he will need to plan on coming up with after the baby is born. He would have put her on his insurance if he could have also. He will def put his son on his insurance.

JP GIRL-thank you! It is such a scam. The honest ones get such the hard time and the ones frauding the system, get away with it! It is ashame she didn't have her own health insurance to begin with and that you can not be added on, if not married! 

Yep Fancy is right. The insurance companies are really tightening down on the rules. My husbands insurance dropped my son because he was not living with us- he was in a section 811 apartment ( for the disabled) and he's had these disabilities all his life. So now he has no insurance. But wait he's entitled to the Affordable Health Care Act right????? So how does a person making 160.00 a month afford the base plan that costs 250.00 a month???
Just so frustrating.
Good luck to the girl, her baby 

I can't believe these fools are having children. That poor kid! 

Thank goodness the child will have insurance after it is born, that is something we won't be paying for. Hey, not knocking the girl, I hate she is in this situation, but I am tired of paying for this stuff. I know a girl who has worked hard since she was sixteen. There have been times when working as hard as she did, that she needed help. She said it was almost impossible to get assistance. She doesn't know how any one scams the government. I told her she just didn't have people around her telling her how to work the system. 

I can't believe these fools are having children. That poor kid!

SNOWPRINCES-do you wear a halo or something? Is our family perfect? AS I previously asked, no judging please.

I have been on KU since July 2005. I stay off here mostly because of snots like YOU! There is no "poor kid" here! I have not stated all of the facts. I am ONLY wondering if Medicaid will ask my son to pay expenses back, so he can be prepared for it. My son has an excellent job and will cover the babies insurance once born. The babies mother is NOT a MINOR and neither one of them are minors. She just doesn't happen to have health insurance and that's just the way it happened.

I can't believe these fools are having children? How does it feel to be so PURE, snowprincess?! 

Sheddy-I get what you are saying. People cant get it that need it and those that don't need it, get it! I had a friend who was in stage 4 cancer and kept getting denied disability insurance. He had 2 kids in high school. He eventually passed away and was still not approved. It was incredibly sad.

Yes, the baby will have excellent insurance thru his Fathers plan! 

Not perfect, but we were all raised to take care of ourselves and not expect society to pay for our children.

There are people out there who need help through no fault of there own and don't get enough to survive. Meanwhile, there are irresponsible people, like the two you describe, who expect society to pay for them. Really sad! They are stealing from those who need it through no fault of their own.

Tell your son to man up and pay his own bills!

My opinion is one that all responsible adults share. As a mother, I would be telling my son to be a man, not try to find out if the government will force him to do the right thing! 

Jen, I agree with snow princess. You say your son has a good job and is claiming the child. Why aren't you telling him to be an adult and pay the bill, instead of getting on here and asking how he can make US foot the bill. 

He has no intentions of bailing on the baby.

He already did. 

How has he bailed on his baby? I've clearly asked if anyone knows if he will be required to so we can figure out about how much he might need if so. He hasn't bailed on his son. He has in no way bailed on his child. How does it feel for all of you so negative, to be so holy? 

No one is being negative or holy. We want to know why you aren't telling him pay the bills now. His responsibility, not ours. 

He hasn't bailed on his son. He has in no way bailed on his child.

Really? Apparently you are a parent that is trying to figure out who is required to pay for his child. It's his child. It's his problem. He is employed.

It's neither your problem nor your responsibility.

It is not the responsibility of Medicaid. 

P.S. I'd say they were in a relationship, like it or not. 

PPS: She might try Planned Parenthood. I hear they offer solutions and help. 

Butterbean, you are an idiot.

I now have the advice that needed. In the meantime, I'm going to pray for those of you who judge and pray that your children get knocked up too unmarried too, so yall csn be judged! LOLLLLLLL!