(North Dakota) Randomly received a statement saying I owe the hospital over $2,000 after nearly a year of not needing to pay anything.

Single, no children, student, not pregnant, not disabled, recently got a part time job and applied for SNAP benefits.

So, I recently moved to attend school in ND from CA and applied for Medicaid almost immediately. I was approved and started receiving care. Every time I went to see a physician etc. I was told I didn’t owe anything. This went on for months. I recently applied (around Sept/Oct) for SNAP benefits and was told I’d need to work at least 20 hours a week but make less than I believe $1600 a month. Two days ago, I received a statement on MyChart saying that I owe the hospital I went to for check ups etc. over $2000. The statement shows that the bill is over $9000 but my insurance is paying the majority and that “Some of the charges on this guarantor account are awaiting a response from insurance. Depending on the response from insurance, some or all of the $9,053.80 currently awaiting a response from insurance could become your responsibility.”

What the heck happened? Some of these appointments are from all the way back in January. Is my new job affecting my Medicaid? I also added dental insurance from my job. Could that affect this as well? I’m well under the poverty line so I don’t understand…

Thank you.

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