Medicaid for Parents and Caretaker Relatives of Children

The program provides health care benefits for eligible low-income parents and caretaker relatives who also have children in the home who qualify for Medicaid. The Medicaid program is broken into two different plans to accommodate certain medical needs of its recipients.

• Basic Plan – This plan provides health, prevention, and wellness benefits for adults who don’t have special health needs. This plan includes annual physicals, immunizations, most prescriptions, doctor and hospital visits, and more.
• Enhanced Plan –This plan is for individuals with disabilities or special health needs. This plan has all the benefits of the Basic Plan, plus additional benefits. Most of the time, individuals will need to be referred by a doctor to become eligible for the enhanced plan.