Do you qualify for the Food & Home Card?

C-SNP plans
The same health conditions that qualify you to enroll in a C-SNP also qualify you for the Food & Home Card,* if your plan offers this benefit. Once we confirm with your doctor that you qualify, we’ll send your card.

All other plans
To get the Food & Home Card, both of these must be true:

Your plan offers this benefit (check your plan documents to find out)
You are chronically ill and a doctor has told you that you have one or more qualifying long-term health conditions*

This page lists many of the most common conditions that qualify. If you don't see your condition listed below, or if you have other questions, call us at 1-800-338-6833, TTY 711.

Top 10 most common qualifying conditions

Arthritis
Asthma
Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Depression
Diabetes
High blood pressure, also called hypertension
High cholesterol
Osteoporosis (weak bones)
Severe obesity (Body Mass Index of 40 or higher)

Qualifying conditions

Conditions that affect your bones or joints, like:

Arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis (weak bones)

Conditions that affect your lungs or breathing, like:

Asthma
Emphysema
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Chronic bronchitis
Pulmonary fibrosis
Pulmonary hypertension

Heart conditions, like:

Cardiac arrhythmias (unusual heart rhythms, like when your heart flutters or “skips a beat”)
Coronary artery disease
Chronic heart failure (CHF)
Atrial fibrillation, also called A-Fib
Valvular heart disease

Conditions that affect your blood vessels, like:

High blood pressure (hypertension)
Varicose veins with ulcers
Peripheral vascular disease
Carotid artery disease
Aortic aneurysm or abdominal aortic aneurysm
A history of blood clots in your lungs or other places in your body — doctors may call this deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, or chronic venous thromboembolic disorder
A history of stroke (a blood clot in your brain)

Any form of cancer

Not including pre-cancer

Severe obesity

Body Mass Index of 40 or higher

A long-term infectious disease, like:

Hepatitis C
Hepatitis B
Lyme disease

Endocrine (hormone) conditions, like:

Diabetes
Thyroid problems
Addison’s Disease
Cushing’s Syndrome

Problems with your liver or kidneys, like:

End-stage liver disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) or chronic kidney failure
End-stage kidney disease or renal disease, also called ESRD

Conditions that affect your digestion, like:

Crohn’s disease
Colitis
Inflammatory polyps

Blood or bone marrow conditions, like:

High cholesterol
Aplastic anemia
Hemophilia
Sickle-cell disease (not including sickle-cell trait)
Chronic venous thromboembolic disorder, a condition that causes blood clots

Conditions that affect your immune system, like:

Lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus)
Polyarteritis nodosa, which affects your arteries
Polymyalgia rheumatica, which causes muscle pain and stiffness
Polymyositis, which weakens your muscles
HIV/AIDS

Brain or neurological conditions, like:

Alzheimer’s disease or another type of dementia
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig’s disease
Autism spectrum disorder
Epilepsy or seizure disorder
Paralysis in one or more of your limbs
Huntington's disease
Multiple sclerosis, or MS
Parkinson's disease
Polyneuropathy
Spinal stenosis
Neurologic problems related to a stroke

Mental or behavioral health conditions, like:

Bipolar disorders
Depression (major depressive disorder)
Paranoid disorder
Schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
Alcohol or other drug dependence

*The Food & Home Card is a special supplemental benefit offered on certain plans and available only to chronically ill members with conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart problems, stroke. All applicable plan coverage criteria must be met and other conditions are eligible. Not all members qualify.