Medicare, medicaid, and ssdi?

Question

thinkin of moving to california, my husbands in ssdi, medicare, medicaid, well there be any time lapse and waiting period and would he have to get a physical again to qualify?

Answer 1

You need to contact the social security office and speak with his case worker.  Get it all arranged so that there doesn't need to be a lapse.  Plus you can possibly pick some physicians for him that will be in your new area.

Answer 2

SSDI and Medicare are federal programs and will transfer with no problems. You'll need to put a change of address with both and there may be a lag getting the check sent to the new address.

Medicaid is a state program and will not transfer. You'll need to apply with Medi-cal in CA. There will be a delay while the paperwork goes through the system.

If he has a Medicare Advantage plan and/or a stand-alone Part D plan you'll have to apply for a new plan because these plans are state specific, even if your current company is available in CA.

Answer 3

SSDI and Medicare are Federal programs, so it's not a problem to transfer.  But Medicaid is run on a state by state program, so he'd have to reapply in the new state.