Health Care Resources
Health Care Issues We Help With
LASCO helps people with their legal problems in a variety of ways, such as legal information, advice, or representation. LASCO can give advice and representation to clients with issues like:
- Medicaid
- Managed care plan issues
- Medicare
- Medicare Part B premium assistance programs
- Long-term care facilities/nursing home
- Hospital Care Assurance Plan (HCAP)
- Medical debt lawsuits
- Veterans’ benefits
- Enforce rights as disabled person to participate in state and federal programs
Self-Help Resources
Health Insurance
Apply for Medicaid through the Ohio Department of Medicaid
The following people may qualify for Medicaid coverage in Ohio:
● Low-income individuals
● Pregnant women, infants, and children
● Older adults
● Individuals with disabilities.
Apply for health insurance through HealthCare.gov
Health insurance plans are available for anyone in Ohio who does not have coverage through an employer, a family member, or the government. HealthCare.gov has information on how to apply for health insurance.
Community Healthcare & Dental
Find a Community Health Center
Community Health Centers provide primary and preventative health care regardless of insurance or ability to pay.
Find a Safety Net Dental Care program
Safety Net Dental Care programs provide dental care at a reduced fee or for free to clients who are uninsured and have low incomes.
Find other information on health care in Ohio
Veterans Care
Apply for medical care through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
If you are a veteran, you may be eligible to get medical care through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Find a VA health care facility
LASCO may be able to represent you if:
- You need help with a Medicaid denial of eligibility, services, durable medical equipment, supplement, termination, suspension, home care services, etc.
- You have a disabled child who requires home care services, but you cannot find a provider
- You are disabled or have a disabled child with home care needs which are not being provided
- You applied for a Home Care Waiver and have been denied or services or hours have been denied, reduced, or terminated
- You need help with because your Managed Care Plan issues a denial, termination, or reduction of services; denies a prior authorization request for something your doctor/provider says you need like medical equipment or home care services; or fails to assist arranging care for a disabled child
- You need help or information about Medicare eligibility issues, services, or coverage issues
- You need help paying your Medicare Part B premiums by helping establish eligibility for the Medicare Premium Assistance Programs or with denials
- You need help with long-term care facilities/nursing home discharge actions/threats
- You need help with a hospital bill which you cannot afford by finding out whether the hospital provided proper notice about the Hospital Care Assurance Plan known as HCAP to reduce the costs to low-income uninsured individuals
- You are threatened or sued because of a medical debt
- You are disabled or are caring for a person in your household who is disabled and need an accommodation to get cash assistance (known as Ohio Works First/OWF or SNAP/Food Assistance) because you cannot work
- You are disabled and need help because your Social Security Benefits (known as SSI, SSDI, or RSDI) are being terminated, suspended, or stopped; or if the Social Security Administration says you have an overpayment, you need help submitting a waiver request, getting a waiver denial, or giving notice to stop your benefits because of medical improvement or because you are now an adult
- You need help with veteran’s benefits appeals or services