My father a potential sponsor fears emergency medical cover.

[jemps 0]

Hello, I would extremely appreaciate it if someone could bring clarity to whether or not my father would be responsible as my sponsor if i got into an emergency medical situation and did not have enough money to cover the expenses myself.

I sent this to my father to show he is not responsible:

Green Card

What are My Responsibilities as a Sponsor?

When you sign the Affidavit of Support, you accept legal responsibility for financially supporting the sponsored immigrant(s) until they become U.S. citizens or can be credited with 40 quarters of work. Any joint sponsors or household members whose income is used to meet the minimum income requirements are also legally responsible for financially supporting the sponsored immigrant. If the immigrant receives any "means-tested public benefits," you are responsible for repaying the cost of those benefits to the agency that provided them. If you do not repay the debt, the agency can sue you in court to get the money owed. When in doubt, ask the benefit provider whether the benefit is a "means-tested public benefit."

Currently, Federal means-tested public benefits include Food Stamps, Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and the State Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP). States and local jurisdictions may also designate certain of their programs as means-tested public benefits.

The following types of programs are not counted as means-tested public benefits: emergency Medicaid; short-term, non-cash emergency relief; services provided under the National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Acts; immunizations and testing and treatment for communicable diseases; student assistance under the Higher Education Act and the Public Health Service Act; certain forms of foster-care or adoption assistance under the Social Security Act; Head Start programs; means-tested programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; and Job Training Partnership Act programs.

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However he still thinks if i do not have enough money he may loose all of his money paying for emergency medical treatment for me if that ever occurs. Am i incorrect? Please can some one help bring this difficulty i am having with my father to an end. If i am correct some evidence would be helpful as he told me he went to a lawyer and they said he would be responsible.

In anticipation thank-you for any help.

jemps

[aaron2020 11,651]

If you receive on of the means tested benefits, then your father would be responsible to reimburse the government for those benefits.

If you use a $100,000 of Medicaid, then he would be responsible for that.

His fears are not unwarranted.

I personally would never sign this except for a spouse, our children, and very close family members.

This is not just a signing a piece of paper. It more like being the guaranteeing a loan. If the primary doesn't pay, then your father as the secondary would.