Medicaid is a welfare program and part of Social Security. Anyone who receives SSI benefits is automatically eligible for Medicare. Because Medicare is basically special insurance for senior citizens and the disabled, the program does require a deductible and a monthly premium to be paid. Further, it does require some medical fees to be paid in full and others to be co-paid. Attorneys become involved only after an initial denial of Title II or SSI disability or certain other benefits.
Most attorneys work under a contingent fee arrangement.
This means you will not pay a lawyer for his or her time unless you win your appeal. Benefit appeals are heard before an administrative law judge, and the payment of attorney's fees must be approved either by the judge or the Social Security Administration.