f you are injured in an accident in Florida, and you qualify for Medicaid, you should apply for Medicaid immediately following an accident. Medicaid will pay your accident related medical bills retroactively (before the date Medicaid receives your application) for about 3 months or so prior to receiving your application. I arrived at the 3-month time frame based on a brief Internet search. If someone has a citing (either through Medicaid documents or from Medicaid’s website) I invite you to add a comment I will amend this post. Medicaid does a poor job of clearly stating on their website the exact time that Medicaid will pay retroactive benefits. Continue reading →