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Access for Infants and Children Program
Access for Infants and
Children (AIM) is a California state-run program that provides
low-cost health coverage for some middle-income mothers and
their newborns with no health coverage or health coverage with
limited maternity benefits.
AIM has five eligibility
requirements:
- You must not be more than 30 weeks pregnant by the time
your complete application is received;
- You must have lived in California for the last 6 months;
- You must not be receiving no-cost Medi-Cal or Medicare
benefits;
- You do not have private health insurance that covers
maternity care, or if you do have private health insurance,
your maternity coverage must be subject to a deductible or
co-payment of more than $500.
- You meet the AIM income guidelines. Women with family
incomes of 200% to 300% of the federal poverty level are
eligible for AIM.
The AIM program requires its
enrollees to pay a modest share of the costs of coverage.
The AIM program provides
comprehensive benefits to its enrollees, including physician
services, hospitalization, prescription drugs, mental health,
prenatal and maternity care, and well-baby care.
Women remain enrolled in AIM until
60 days after giving birth. Children remain enrolled until their
second birthdays. Your coverage will end sooner if you move
from California, defraud the program, or ask to be disenrolled.
If you are disenrolled, you will not be able to rejoin AIM
during the same pregnancy.
If you decide to enroll, please
print the
application form (PDF format), fill as much of it as you
can, and bring it with you to your first appointment.
Click here to visit the AIM website and learn more about the
program.
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