Health Care Plans Available to Aged Out Foster Youth

Once you have qualified for either Former Foster Care Children’s (FFCC) Medicaid or Medicaid for Transitioning Foster Care Youth (MTFCY), you will then get a health care plan with another name. Health insurance is confusing!

STAR Health

This health care plan covers youth currently in foster care (including extended foster care) and young adults aged 18 to 20 who aged out of foster care. Coverage ends the month of your 21st birthday and is provided through Superior HealthPlan.

STAR Health coverage is the same no matter where you live in Texas. This means that if you move within Texas, your health insurance plan will go with you.

Find more information about STAR Health here.

You can choose to switch from STAR Health to another health care plan called, very confusingly, STAR. Some young adults find there are limited providers available under STAR Health that serve young adults and request to change to STAR.

STAR

This health care plan covers young adults between the ages of 21 and 25 who aged out of foster care. Coverage will go through until the end of the month of your 26th birthday. Depending on what county you live in, there are also different STAR insurance plans to choose from, such as Blue Cross Blue Shield or Wellpoint. If you move to a new county in Texas, you may have to change plans depending on what options are available in your county.

Find more information about STAR and what plans are available in your county here.

When you are deciding which STAR plan to choose or if you decide to switch from STAR Health to STAR, you should carefully review the providers on each plan. Be sure to find out if your doctor takes that plan and if there are providers and services near where you live. You should also see what extra services, called “value-added” services, are offered by the plan.