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Pregnancy Medicaid- Texas

Hi! Does anyone happen to know roughly how long its currently taking to be approved for Pregnancy Medicaid in Texas? Back in 2020, i was approved almost immediately. Within like 2 days or so. If it makes any difference, i’m in DFW.

I’m having a weird situation as i DO have independent family plan insurance through marketplace (my husband is self-employed) however, every single OB on the list of “in-network” was in fact, not in network. After calling numerous offices, I called my insurance (cigna) and we were on the phone for 2 hours as she started calling offices & was also told out of network. Fast forward I called marketplace, and i was advised to fill out a new app, and based on our income, I should qualify for medicaid, and apparently marketplace has digitally sent over my information to medicaid as well. I already scheduled an OB appointment for october (since they always book weeks out), going to be paying self-pay as I have no idea what other options I have since my “insurance” is not accepted anywhere. I was even told by several offices i cannot pay self-pay if i have insurance even if theyre out of network 😵‍💫 this has been so frustrating. I know medicaid will backpay, but with how crazy everything is nowadays i was just wondering what to expect timeframe wise. I applied on Tuesday (9/8) & thats also when marketplace sent over my info. Thanks for any & all help.

Posted Sep 10, 2026, 7:15 PM UTC

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