KCHIP, or the Kentucky Child Health Insurance Program, is a version of health insurance for Lexington and the rest of the state of Kentucky that is sponsered by the state and provides coverage for eligible children. KCHIP is not only for when a child has an emergency, but it also useful for helping prevent future problems by going to the doctor for well check ups and receiving vaccinations. It is for children in Kentucky who are unable to afford medical health insurance, but who are also unable to qualify for Medicaid.

To get started with KCHIP, you need to fill out an application. In order to do this, you will have to go to an eligibility office in your area. These offices are usually open from eight to five, and if you don’t know where one is, you can look it up in the phone book. You need to remember what you should take with, which is:

• two months worth of pay stubs for every working person that lives with you
• if you have any other type of income, such as Social Security, take the last award letter.
• proof that you have childcare with receipts from the daycare or nanny
• medical insurance info, but only if your kid had insurance at least si months ago

If your child was insured at some point within the past six months, there is certain information that you need to provide. This information includes what the company that insured your child was called, what plan your child had, and what the number of your policy or group was. You also need to provide the dates in which the policy was in effect, the person whose name is the main one on the policy, and anybody else whose name is on the policy.

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Fashun Guadarrama.