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Medicaid Eligibility

To be eligible for Medicaid, you will be required to provide documentation that you and/or your children are a U.S. citizen or a legal permanent resident and that you meet certain financial criteria. If you are denied Medicaid coverage, you may be eligible for other health care programs.

• You may be able to get Medicaid if:
• You receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Colorado Old Age Pension (OAP).
• You need home health care or nursing facility care because you are elderly, blind, or disabled, or you have Traumatic Brain Injury, HIV, or AIDS.
• You are in the Colorado Works Basic Cash Assistance (BCA) Program or you meet the 1931 Medicaid program requirements.
• You are pregnant now or have children under age 19.
• You are a foster or adopted child placed in a home by Boulder County Social Services.