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Mia77

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Hi all,
I just sponsored my parents for green card. I filed I-495 and I-130 concurrently. I tried to apply for health insurance for them through market place today. (on Maryland Health Connection site).
https://www.healthcare.gov/immigrants/immigration-status/ states that applicants to adjustment for permanent residency are illegible to apply. However, when I called them they said that my parents must to have social security number to apply. Without it, their software won't be able to process the application. Any thoughts on this?
They will have SSN only when they get work permit what will happen only in several month. My parents are 75 years old, I am very anxious how they can live without health insurance for so long time.
 
Mia77 said:
Hi all,
I just sponsored my parents for green card. I filed I-495 and I-130 concurrently. I tried to apply for health insurance for them through market place today. (on Maryland Health Connection site).
https://www.healthcare.gov/immigrants/immigration-status/ states that applicants to adjustment for permanent residency are illegible to apply. However, when I called them they said that my parents must to have social security number to apply. Without it, their software won't be able to process the application. Any thoughts on this?
They will have SSN only when they get work permit what will happen only in several month. My parents are 75 years old, I am very anxious how they can live without health insurance for so long time.
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The representatives on these healthcare sites are typically very low paid and typically very badly misinformed. You DO NOT need a SSN to obtain insurance. It is not a requirement of the Affordable Healthcare Act, and it isn't even a requirement for the Maryland Health Connection site - scroll to the bottom of this link on their own site to read what it says....

http://marylandhealthconnection.gov/health-coverage-resources/enrollment-guide/

The document number mentioned is typically the Alien number - but there are various other options for legal non immigrants. I obtained ACA insurance as an H1 visa holder - perfectly fine. The best bet is find a decent agent such as a insurance agent that are often authorized to enroll participants. You can find these through the Maryland site itself - and you don't pay anything for their time as they are paid a small commission which is already built in to the system/costs.
 
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