r/Medicaid

My 14-year-old daughter was just referred for orthodontic treatment. She has a pretty noticeable overbite plus crowding on both arches. The orthodontist quoted around $6,800 total and said she’s a good candidate for braces.

We’re on Medicaid and I’m trying to figure out if they’ll actually cover any of it. I know some states are stricter than others with orthodontics.

Has anyone here had Medicaid cover braces (or a big part of them) for a teenager? How strict was the process in your state? Did you have to show severe functional problems or was a large overbite enough? Any tips that actually helped get it approved?

29 F Just retuned to upstate New York and will

Be enrolling in Medicaid. I can’t seem to get a good understanding of how it works. Do you have a choice of plans to pick or is it just called Medicaid? Most important to me is mental health services and everything I read says behavioral health is limited. What does that mean? If anyone can point me to any resources I can use to learn

More about the program. I would appreciate it.

Hello all i had a question. I have been dealing with issues with Medicaid, and information that was wrongfully provided to me when i first applied back in 2019. Now, i have no benefits because i willingly cancelled. I spoke to an agent for the 4th time and explained my situation, they blew it off as if it was no big deal, and let me ask this, is it unlawful to record a conversation with a social worker? I am in Houston Texas.