Medical Assistance Co-Pay Rights Notice

Take this notice with you to the pharmacy or the doctor's office to remind them that they cannot deny you medical services or drugs if you are unable to pay the co-pay.

I get Medical Assistance (MA).

I AM UNABLE TO PAY THE CO-PAY.

Thus, I must be provided medical services and drugs without a co-pay under federal and state law and instructions from the Minnesota Department of Human Services.

To refuse to fill a prescription or to provide any health service to a person with Medical Assistance because the person is unable to pay a current or past co-payment violates Federal Law 42 U.S. C. Sec. 1396o(e).

CAUTION

  A person's inability to pay does not mean that he or she does not owe a debt for the charge.  

PROBLEMS

To report or appeal a denial call:
Department of Human Services 651-296-7675 or 800-657-3739
 

For legal assistance call your legal aid office.

To find your legal aid office, click here. At the next screen complete the form, which asks two questions.

(1) county or zip code
(2) topic and subtopic (here Health Care >> Government Health Care Programs)

After you hit "Go", the offices in your area will come up.