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<br />Medical Assistance can help people pay for their medical care who are either blind. over <br />age 65, or disabled. If you are eligible, Medical Assisrance will pay for your current and <br />future medical bills. (In some cases, Medical Assisrance will pay medical bills for rhe three <br />months before the month you applied.) <br /> <br />Medical Assistance is often called by it's inirials, MA. Another term used is Medicaid. <br /> <br />How can I show that I am disabled or age 65 or over? <br /> <br />You can show that you are cerrified as blind or disabled if you receive Social Security Dis- <br />ability (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SS!) checks. <br /> <br />If you do not receive SSDI or SSI checks and believe rhat you may get MA because of a <br />disability, your county agency can ask the State Medical Review Team (SMRT) to assess your <br />disability. <br /> <br />You can show that you are 65 years old or older with a birrh cerrificate or other birth records. <br /> <br />How can I get MA for my disabled child (under age 18) without counting <br />my income? <br /> <br />Only the disabled child's income is counted when deciding if a child is eligible. MA does not <br />count the income of the parenr(s) if: <br /> <br />. your child is certified as disabled by either the Social Security Administration or the State <br />Medical Review Team; and <br /> <br />. your child would be able to get MA if he or she were in a medical institution; and <br /> <br />. the home care that your child needs compares to the kind of care given in a medical institution. such as a <br />hospital, nursing home, or intermediate with mental retardation. or related conditions; and <br /> <br />. the cost to MA for your child's home care is not more than MA would pay for his/her care in a medical <br />institution. <br /> <br /> <br />Parents are required to pay a contribution toward the medical bills paid by MA for their child, if their <br />income is above certain limits. <br /> <br />This information is available in other forms to people with disabilities by contacting us at (651) <br />296-8517 (voice), toll free at 1-800-657-3659 or through the Minnesota Relay Service at 7-1-1 <br />or 1-800-627-3529 (TDD) or 1-877-627-3848 (speech-to-speech relay service). <br />