Income requirement to recieve Medicaid for state of Texas?

Question

My friend got pregnant and she recently just got her job but the insurance won't cover her because it was a "pre-existing condition". So we wanted to know what the income requirement was to receive Medicaid for the state of Texas?

Answer 1

If it is a group policy that has maternity coverage it is illegal for the insurance to include maternity as a pre-existing condition. Here is the website for the government HIPAA regulations: http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/faqs/faq_consume... The only exception is if the policy does not cover maternity at all, which is possible.

Here is the website for the Texas Medicaid system: http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/medicaid/ind...