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Ask for a fair hearing.

If your Medicaid was cut, stopped or denied, you can ask for a fair hearing. A hearing officer looks at your case again. The time to ask is short, so start today. Pick your state to see its deadline, how to keep your coverage while you wait, and where to send the request. Then fill in the letter and print it.

1. Your state

Pick your state

Pick your state and its deadline shows here.

This page needs JavaScript to show your state. Without it: your notice gives your deadline and where to send the request. Federal law lets a state allow no more than 90 days from the date the notice is mailed. To keep your coverage while you wait, ask before the date the change takes effect. Each state’s rule, with its source, is in appeals.json.

The federal rule, in every state

Each state must allow a reasonable time to ask for a hearing, not more than 90 days from the date the notice of action is mailed (42 CFR 431.221(d)). A state can allow less; the time on your notice is the one that counts.
If the state sends the advance notice and you ask for a hearing before the date of action, the state may not end or reduce your coverage until the hearing decides, unless the only issue is federal or state law or policy (42 CFR 431.230).
A state may reinstate coverage if you ask for a hearing not more than 10 days after the date of action (42 CFR 431.231).

Source: 42 CFR 431.221(d), time to request a hearing (eCFR) · 42 CFR 431.230, maintaining services (eCFR) · 42 CFR 431.231, reinstating services (eCFR).

2. Your request letter

Fill in what you know. Anything you leave empty prints as a blank line to write in by hand. What you type stays on this page: it is not saved, not sent, and gone when you leave or reload. Sign it, keep a copy, and write down the day you sent it.

Without JavaScript, write the letter by hand. Put in:

The date, and the address on your notice.
“Re: Request for a fair hearing (Medicaid).” Your name and your Medicaid ID or case number.
“I am asking for a fair hearing about the notice dated ____. The notice says: ____. I disagree because: ____.”
If you want coverage to continue: “I want my Medicaid to continue while I wait for the hearing decision.”
Your mailing address, a phone number you answer, and your signature. Keep a copy and write down the day you sent it.

Help with your hearing

A legal aid office can help you ask, get ready and speak at the hearing, usually at no cost if your income is low. Find legal aid near you (Legal Services Corporation). You can also call 211 and ask for legal aid.

You do not need a lawyer to ask. Someone you trust can help you. The state Medicaid agency and a hearing officer decide your case; this page only shows what the state has published.

Not legal advice. Each state line comes from that state's own Medicaid or hearing page, with the date it was read; the rules as data: appeals.json. If your notice gives a different date or address, follow your notice. Still on Medicaid and facing the work rule? Keep your Medicaid.