Health Coverage
What is Medicaid?
What programs are available for working parents who cannot afford health insurance for their children?
Question: What
is Medicaid?
Answer: Medicaid is a publicly funded program
that pays covered medical and health care costs of low income or disabled
persons who qualify.
Question: What
programs are available for working parents who cannot afford health insurance
for their children?
Answer: Health Check and NC Health Choice for Children
are publicly funded programs that help working parents provide health insurance
for their children at either low or no cost. To find out more, please call the
NC Family Health Resource Line at 1-800-367-2229, 1-800-976-1922 (TTY) or the
CARE-LINE at 1-800-662-7030
(Voice, TTY) 919-733-4851 (TTY) or visit the NC Division of
Medical Assistance web site.
Page Modified 07/10/2009
