Medical Coverage of County-Issued Financial Assistance Program?

-I live in Harris County, TX, but please feel free to answer if you know policies from any other region.



I have a Harris County 鈥淕old Card鈥? which is our county鈥檚 version of medical insurance for those whose income and/or dependants qualify them. This coverage includes everything from doctor鈥檚 visits, to pharmacy, surgery, and ER. Needless to say, there are long waits and the co-pay is fairly hefty as well.

Last week I was involved in a car accident, in which another vehicle caused me to swerve my pickup truck off a country road, that vehicle took off w/o stopping.

We did not call the police since the other vehicle had left and I would probably just get a ticket for failure to control speed.

My husband took over driving and took me to our county hospital in which I was treated for a clavicle (collar bone) fracture.

Now here鈥檚 the tragic part: My liability insurance does not cover personal injury, and the county is not covering the bill stating that they are not responsible for vehicle accidents. At the same time, they are saying an account specialist will determine if my accident qualified for coverage or not.



*Does anyone here who has worked in medical billing know what the process could be from here?*