insurance that I was able to apply for Medicaid. Which is...messed up.
Now that you’re on Medicaid, you should ask about applying for retro coverage, which is the 3 months prior to when you became approved. I wouldn’t let a medic Al bill hang over you and risk getting into collections and ruining your credit potentially, especially now that you have a way of getting it paid through Medicaid.
But I was actually ON a short-term insurance through Medical Mutual when I got the Cologuard done. I would think Medicaid wouldn't want to cover me retroactively for a time I was already on another insurance.