We have a foster child whom we would like to adopt. We have had him since 10 months old and now is two years old. At 15 months old he was suddenly diagnosed with retnoblastoma (eye cancer) and lost his right eye. When we decided to adopt him we were told he would be 4E eligible and would qualify for the Ohio Medicaid card. After starting the adoption process then we were told there is a clause that the State has that says if a child was not removed from a biological family member than they are ineligable for the State Medicaid card and is not 4E eligable. He was actually turned over to the Children Services agency by a man who was raising him and was on the father registry as the legal father, but then through DNA found out he was not the bio so there fore decided he could not raise him. This little guy has been through a lot medically and it will now be life long. He has to have the medicaid card for us to adopt as we could never afford his medical care other wise. They are trying to get us to apply for other things such as medical card through job and family, but we can not agree to that as we would have to apply every six months for the rest of his life and that would go on income and could at some point just be to risky. We cannot imagine letting him go over medical coverage but that is just what it might come down too. We cannot figure out how who he was removed from has any thing to do with his long list of medical needs yet that is what they are saying is keeping him from the card. Anyone experience this please get back with me as to any way around this crazy not right clause. Or any ideas who I could contact to get this straightened out for this little guy. The agency has applied for SSI for him because supposedely anyone who qualifies for SSI automatically qualifies for State Medicaid. Problem with that is SSI has turned him down. The agency has made an appeal but we all know how long this could take and how many times we could have to appeal. PLEASE HELP IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HELP, WE ARE DESPERATE FOR HIM!
