How to Qualify and Apply for Medicaid in Washington State

1. Visit WAHealthPlanFinder.org to see if you qualify and to submit your application.

In addition to your completed Medicaid application, you may be asked to provide other documents, such as:

• Identification
• Proof of U.S. Citizenship or Immigration Status
• Proof of residency (you must live in the state in which you apply)
• Income status

2. Receive approval for Medicaid.

3. Select Molina Healthcare as your Managed Care Organization (MCO) and choose Kaiser Permanente as your healthcare provider.

Note: As of June 1, 2023, Kaiser Permanente Washington is closed to all new Molina Apple Health patients in the greater Puget Sound area (Snohomish, King, Pierce, Thurston, or Kitsap counties) and in Spokane county.

If you live in Southwest Washington (Clark/Cowlitz counties) and would like to choose Kaiser Permanente as your healthcare provider, you must select Molina Apple Health as your Managed Care Organization (MCO).

To select a MCO call the Washington State Health Care Authority at 1-800-562-3022 or visit www.waproviderone.org/client.

Once you’ve selected Molina as your MCO, you will receive a welcome packet and ID card from Molina in about two weeks.

Kaiser Permanente may or may not be accepting new patients/members depending on where you live and our contract with Molina.

If Kaiser Permanente is not accepting new patients/members, an exception may be available if:

• The applicant is under age 19, OR
  
• You have an immediate family member who is a Kaiser Permanente established patient, OR
• Were or are a Kaiser Permanente established patient in the last 12 months