From my experience, as well as knowing my friends experiences, the only time they go after the father is if you are looking for cash & home assistance. Medicaid isn't in the same category as those. On the application they ask you if you get child support, but that's it. They budget it into your income. Unless he's your husband he's not a big factor in insurance. Hope this helps.
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J., I just wrote you a comment but after reading some of the other comments, I felt I needed to say something else. Its a shame that people automatically judge a stranger from a simple question. Before you judge, you should think about all the possible reasons why someone would want to know something. There are a lot of people who are scammers, but there are also decent people who just aren't as fortunate.
I don't know Jenns situation but how do you know her & the father don't both work, but still don't have enough to buy insurance. Do you know if there employers provide insurance. NON you don't. Maybe because they don't make enough, and he was sued, that money is coming out the childs mouth, but in all reality, it could be used for food or something.
That was just a little scenario that could be true for some, you should stop reading more into a question then what is there. If you feel a certain way about someone's question, don't answer it unless your gonna look at everything & every angle and not be a judge, on a high horse. People who have that mentality are the same people that work in these state offices, and are all nasty, and think the good ones are bad and the bad ones are good.
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J., I just wrote you a comment but after reading some of the other comments, I felt I needed to say something else. Its a shame that people automatically judge a stranger from a simple question. Before you judge, you should think about all the possible reasons why someone would want to know something. There are a lot of people who are scammers, but there are also decent people who just aren't as fortunate.
I don't know Jenns situation but how do you know her & the father don't both work, but still don't have enough to buy insurance. Do you know if there employers provide insurance. NO!, you don't. Maybe because they don't make enough, and he was sued, that money is coming out the childs mouth, but in all reality, it could be used for food or something.
That was just a little scenario that could be true for some, you should stop reading more into a question then what is there. If you feel a certain way about someone's question, don't answer it unless your gonna look at everything & every angle and not be a judge, on a high horse. People who have that mentality are the same people that work in these state offices, and are all nasty, and think the good ones are bad and the bad ones are good.