Illinois Medicaid with unmarried parents and children.

Illinois Medicaid question.

Household includes unmarried parents with two children.

Medicaid has always counted mother as family size of 3 and the children family size of 4. Father has his own insurance.

Recently father got a new job and Medicaid asked for income verification. After receiving verification they sent a letter claiming that the mother and both children qualified for ongoing Medicaid benefits. The next day they received a letter stating mother was denied due to being over income level. Mother with children is definitely under income level for family of three by a large margin. Therefore they are counting the fathers income.

Did Medicaid change rules for unmarried couples? I was under the understanding that children had both incomes included for their qualifications and unmarried parents had their qualifications based on themselves and the children.

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