Colorado Medicaid Hotline: 800-221-3943

Online Application Available: No

Downloadable Application Available: Yes

Online Resources

To learn more about Colorado Medicaid: Click Here

Find a Social Services office near you: Click Here

Download an application: Click Here

Additional Government Programs

For information about Food Stamps, also known as the Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Click Here

For Information about Welfare Benefits, also known as Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (TANF): Click Here

Description

Medicaid is a program that pays for health insurance for some Coloradans who can not afford it. When state and Federal eligibility criteria are met, Medicaid covers families with children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities. People who are not US citizens can only get Medicaid to pay a life threatening medical emergency. The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing administers the Medicaid program.

General Program Requirements

In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be a resident of the State of Colorado, a US national, citizen, permanent resident, or legal alien, in need of health care/insurance assistance, whose financial situation would be characterized as low income or very low income. You must also be either pregnant, blind, have a disability or a family member in your household with a disability, be responsible for children under 19 years of age, or be 65 years of age or older.

Managing Agency
Colorado
http://www.colorado.gov