Medicaid eligibility ?

Would a single male in Wisconsin with no income, no dependants and a bad back preventing him from working be eligible for medicaid ? We are told you have to be "disabled". What is the defination of disabled ? Who/how/when declares one officially "disabled" so one can get Medicaid ?

You would need to apply for SSI and wait for their decision on whether you get approved for SSI, if you do then you get Medicaid. I do not know about what state agency in Wisconsin would do that, here in Texas, its called DARS, Department of assisted rehabilitative services, they decide on Social security and SSI, in my case I filed for Social Security Disability, it took two years from the time I filed to get it, I had to get a lawyer. My case was decided by an Administrative Law Judge from the Social Security Administration, my lawyer and I did NOT have to go, I won..Click this link for the Social Security web site.
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/

Call the department of social services in your state or town. I thought they had an obligation to help everyone. If your bad back prevents you from working, you might be able to get diability also and if you get diability you will get medicaid.

I'd say just fill it out and take a shot. Let them ask you questions accordingly because it seems like the rules bend according to certain people. Personally, medicaid has never really worked out good for me. There are a lot of loop holes you have to watch out for. But if you are determined, then do your best and then let them finish it accordingly.

The Social Security Administration is the one's who will decide if you are disabled or not. You need to make an appointment and talk with them.

disabled means unable to perform any gainful employment fo a livable wage go to your local ss office they will give you the forms to take to a Dr for an exam to determine the extent of your disabilty you willtake that to ss office to be prossed and approved or disapproved

you can go to www.ssa.gov and look there planes the outline you can file for disability and they will Deni you a couple times get a lawyer that is based on your winning or not and they will get a % of your back pay it takes a year or so to get it rhough you can go to your local d.h.s and ask them if you can get on there health care program and they will help you file for disabilty and in tenn ware im from they give you the state insurence till your case is solved good luck and contact me if you need any further ast

To get medicaid is tough, you need to get medical records that prove you are truly disabled because with out proof you will be turned down faster than you will take to fill out the application. If you are disabled with your current problem then they will send your information and a disability form you have to fill out to a disability firm within the medicaid program. While they investigate your records they will want all the medical records from all the places you went to seek treatment but they will get them themselves by contacting the places you went to get seen. It takes about a month for them to decide if they consider you disabled or not it is a lot of wait time, but its tough to get qualified for assistance. I wish you good luck I hope they help you if you really need it.