Last year I finished college and wasn't making a lot of money so I applied for medicaid. After submitting all of my documents including my W2 (~$12,000 in 2016) and recent paystubs showing that I made less than 1300/month, I was approved.
In October of this year, I picked up a lot of overtime in preparation for being out of work for an upcoming surgery and my income for the year shot up to ~$19,200. This is according to the woman at welfare, because I haven't received my 2017 W2 in the mail yet.
Most months I was under the limit, but medicaid only looks at the year-to-date in order to calculate how much money you made every month. They said I made an average of ~$1600/month over the course of 12 months.
So because I went over, the woman from Welfare called me and told me that I'll have an overpayment of $1,000/month to pay Medicaid back and that I'll receive paperwork in the mail.
$1,000/month is literally what I take home every month if I'm lucky. I asked her how she expected me to pay that when I need to pay for car insurance, college loans, and now (most likely) health insurance.
She basically said that it wasn't her problem and to wait for paperwork in the mail.
I guess it's my fault for making more than I should have. I had a lot of medical issues that I needed to take care of, so the medicaid was essential in helping me pay for surgeries, doctors appointments, etc. Even then, there was a lot of money that came out of my pocket because many places don't accept medicaid.
Now I'm going to have to find a way to pay this money and I have no idea what to do. I probably can't pay what they ask. Am I going to jail?
Is there any way for this to be forgiven? Given what's already on my plate, and my emotional and medical problems (currently see a psychologist and physical therapist regularly), I have no idea what to do.
I haven't worked in a month due to my knee surgery and I'll only be working two days a week for the next month or two while I recover. I'm in a pickle.
Welfare lady also said that my medical coverage will "roll over to the affordable care act" once my medicaid ends this month.
I have no idea what's going on and I'm kind of freaking out because my mom is permenantly disabled and makes less money than I do. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Edit 1: Edited for accuracy.
Submitted February 02, 2018 at 02:39PM by ii-i http://ift.tt/2nu0pNR
