Medical Benefits

Medical assistance in Maryland is provided through a large variety of state and federal programs. This overview provides basic information about four categories of help that are available, as well as links to more detailed information about specific programs. The four categories are Medicaid, Medicare, the Maryland Health Connection, and a set of state programs designed to help with prescription drugs.

The Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program (MADAP) ensures that people living with HIV/AIDS in Maryland have access to certain medications they need to help them stay healthy.

The Maryland Children’s Health Program (MCHP) gives full health benefits for children up to age 19, and pregnant women of any age who meet the income guidelines. MCHP enrollees obtain care from a variety of Managed Care Organizations through the Maryland HealthChoice Program.

If you are eligible, you could get free or low-cost health care through Medicaid, also called Medical Assistance.

Medical Assistance (also called Medicaid) is a program that pays the medical bills of people who have low income and cannot afford medical care.

The Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) program is a state program to help people with lower income pay for out-of-pocket Medicare expenses, such as deductibles, co-payments and premiums

Specified Low Income Medicare Beneficiary program (SLMB) and the Qualified Individual program (QI) program are state programs that helps pay for Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) premiums for people who have Part A (Hospital insurance) and limited income and resources.