If the child is receiving social security benefits, the caseworker explains to the adoptive family that, to avoid problems with the child’s Medicaid eligibility, the child’s Medicaid card continues to show the child’s biological name until after the adoption is consummated, From the time of the adoptive placement, and until the adoption is consummated, they can use the child’s adoptive name only for non-Medicaid purposes.
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