myjuls said:Does anybody know if you can apply for a free medical insurance ( like HIP,Family Health Plus etc) after you receive your green card? Or with Affidavite of Support submitted with USCIS you can't do that?
Thanks.
Addie_Goodvibes said:I work in the sports medicine medical industry, In some states such as CA there are community health programs ( Healthy Families & Medical)available to individuals that meet certain income requirements or should I say that are below certain income requirements.
In CA they have Medical and Healthy Families community health programs most are free of charge or depending on income, require a small contribution.
The amount of subsidized Health care a family gets depends on how many dependends and how much the household earns. These State Medicla programs favor Women & Children, so if you have children that need medical care I would look into it.
As far as USCIS is concerned they want to be sure you are NOT dependent on the state for support , so it would be best not to ask about this in an interview and if you are receiving and govt. or municipal spnosrhsip and did NOT mention it on the I-864/ or I-485 do NOT bring it up at the interview.
eddie_d said:Gain GC, jump on welfare. Well played.
myjuls said:Well, I didn't meant welfare. I 've been working all the time since I'm in USA and I intend to do so. But ,unfortunately, for an immigrant it's kind of hard to find a well paid job right away.
Welfare and medicaid are different things.
myjuls said:Well, I didn't meant welfare. I 've been working all the time since I'm in USA and I intend to do so. But ,unfortunately, for an immigrant it's kind of hard to find a well paid job right away.
Welfare and medicaid are different things.
candyattitude said:well i've been here for a long time and i've never had health insurance....i was given a quote of more than $1000 and all i ever get is the flu....during those days i just stay at home and take theraflu....
although i haven't gotten my GC yet, i'm going to try to see if i can get on my hubby's health plus or something and then i will let you know what they say after we inquire about this.
anywayz lakelady, what is accident insurance? what does it cover you for? do you know any good companies??
plz let me know...
ip_everywhere said:You would be eliglible to apply for medicaid only after 5 yrs of being the premenant resident.
They don't even let you apply before that. Besides, when you'll file for your naturalization, I think there is a question reagrding , if you have ever recieved any walfare benefits from Govt. Now I don't know what are the implications gonna be,if you have marked yes for this question.
Hope this help.
myjuls said:Does anybody know if you can apply for a free medical insurance ( like HIP,Family Health Plus etc) after you receive your green card? Or with Affidavite of Support submitted with USCIS you can't do that?
Thanks.
JohnnyCash said:None of above statements is true.
Secondly, one doesn't need to wait 5 yrs after being LPR to be eligble for medicaid; rather one can apply for medicaid at anytime, even without being a LPR.
Medicaid is a State sponsored program but federally financed. Each state has its own rules on this. Some states require applicants to be legal (LPR) like NY, while some states don't care about a legal status of an applicant like NJ. Medicaid is actually granted based upon person's income (or household income).
Well I certainly can't question johnny's knowledge. But I wrote that for a fact. Atleast in Illinois, its a law that a LPR can't be eligible for medicaid, before 5 yrs of physical residence.gc4parents said:I don't think is correct.
If we sign the I-864 sponsoring our parents, even though they are senior citizen with no, or little income, we are responsible for their medical expenses, they can't apply for any medical assistance. (Even for MEDICARE they don't qualify if they are not USC or have at least 40 units with S.S.A.)
ip_everywhere said:Well I certainly can't question johnny's knowledge. But I wrote that for a fact. Atleast in Illinois, its a law that a LPR can't be eligible for medicaid, before 5 yrs of physical residence.
I know a couple, where husband got Medicaid but wife didn't as , husband was a LPR for 5 yrs but wife wasn't. Wife was being told to ask her sponsor to pay for her medical insurance.
Thanks
gc4parents said:I don't think is correct.
If we sign the I-864 sponsoring our parents, even though they are senior citizen with no, or little income, we are responsible for their medical expenses, they can't apply for any medical assistance. (Even for MEDICARE they don't qualify if they are not USC or have at least 40 units with S.S.A.)
JohnnyCash said:First, I didn't comment anything on MEDICARE; rather I commented on Medicaid.
Secondly, it's true that one cannot qualify for Medicare if s/he is not a US citizen or have at least 40 quarters of earned credit.
Thirdly, it's also true that sponsor (on I-864) would be fully responsible for any of the public assistances is ever sought out by 'sponsored-alien', regardless of how old such alien would be. That's I-864 form is for; otherwise there is no other purpose of this form.
However, what I said in my earlier posting is that MOSTLY govt. agencies don't come after the sponsors for a reimbursement on the services they provide, but they can if they want to. I said it VERY clearly.