Eligibility and Cost

to be eligible for children’s medicaid or child health plus, children must be under the age of 19 and a resident of new york state. Whether a child qualifies for Children’s Medicaid or Child Health Plus depends on the family’s gross income. children who are not eligible for medicaid can enroll in child health plus if they do not already have health insurance and are not eligible for coverage under the public employee state health benefit plan. Check the income tables below to see if your child qualifies for child health plus or children’s medicaid.

There is no monthly premium for families whose income is less than 2.2 times the poverty level. That’s about $1,065 a week for a family of three, about $1,283 a week for a family of four. families with slightly higher incomes pay a monthly premium of $15, $30, $45, or $60 per child per month, depending on their income and family size. for larger families, the monthly rate is capped at three children. if the family’s income is more than 4 times the poverty level, they pay the full monthly premium charged by the health plan. There are no copays for child health plus services, so you don’t have to pay anything when your child receives care through these plans.

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To see if you’d have to pay a premium for coverage, see the child health plus eligibility charts below.

• *pregnant women: Household size calculation includes all expected children.
• *pregnant women: Household size calculation includes all expected children.

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