NC child support and Medicaid (health insurance, credit, calculated)

[urbancharlotte]

As the title states, I've got a question about the correlation between Medicaid and child support in NC. My apologies in advance, because I'm asking on behalf of a friend of mine who has zero social media accounts (so my details of the situation are vague). What I do know is that his "baby mama" (I hate that term by the way) is receiving Medicaid on their two daughters (and maybe even herself as well). My friend (the father) wishes to provide health insurance for his daughters through his employer.

His question is this. Will insuring the girls through his job automatically disqualify the girls for Medicaid? And if so, will the Medicaid cancelation lower his child support obligation to their mother? I told him that by insuring the girls through his job, he would be eligible to use that as a credit on the child support calculation. As for the Medicaid aspect of this, I'm totally clueless. Hopefully some of my knowledgeable friends here on city data can help me help one of my real life friends. Thanks

[Edward Teach]

Your friend should contact the County Social Services Office where he lives and get an answer directly from them, rather than someone who may or may actually know on social media:

https://www.ncdhhs.gov/divisions/soc...-dss-directory

[Stagemomma]

Originally Posted by urbancharlotte

I told him that by insuring the girls through his job, he would be eligible to use that as a credit on the child support calculation.

You should definitely not assume this.

He would have to go back to court to ask to have his child support recalculated. Just because it seems like a sensible idea, doesn't mean it will happen.

[duhmanda]

The kids will still qualify for Medicaid, but it will no longer be their primary insurance, it'll be secondary to the primary insurance provided by their dad. They would have to go back to court (or however their child support was ordered) to address how the insurance premiums will factor, if at all, into his child support payments.