I was on Medi-Cal for low income people 2 years ago. During this time, I was making over the income limit but they still gave me free Medi-Cal since they weren't booting any off of it because of the pandemic. (They waived the income limit for people could still stay on it during covid).
I was working at this time and had Kaiser health insurance. I had a few medical emergencies and used Kaiser which then left me with $40,000 in debt after out of pocket costs and things uncovered.
I am no longer on Medi-Cal. Can I call them up and cover those medical bills from 2 years ago? Do I have any options at all?
I have $40,000 of medical debt. Can I get Medi-Cal to pay it? (Unique situation)
byu/PracticalCows inInsurance
Posted by PracticalCows
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Kaiser would be primary over Medi-cal. You can’t just “Call Medi-cal” and tell them to cover these bills. Providers will need to submit to Medi-cal for reimbursement after they (hopefully) submitted to Kaiser.
This might be time consuming, but it’s on you to notify all these providers of your secondary insurance.