Affidavit Of Support question

[Yodrak 7]

taco2,

I am lucky enough to have very little experience with hospitals and doctors. In my very limited experience one does not get in the door without showing evidence of ability to pay the bills, but I expect that there are provisions for dealing with the indigent at least at public and charitable hospitals and clinics.

Yodrak

  taco2 said:

Oh! thanks a lot, yodrak.

By the way, in practice , what does the hospital do if the parent is chronically hospitalized and no one can pay the bills.Or if the parent is discharged and no one can pay the bills?

  Yodrak said:

taco2,

The affidavit of support is to provide the immigrant with a minimum level of income. It is not to cover the immigrant's bills.

Hospital bills are not means-tested government benefits.

Yodrak

  taco2 said:

Yodrak, what could happen in case of a parent of a US Citizen ?

Let us say the immigrant parent of a US citizen is hospitalized for long periods and the insurance cover runs out. Would the hospital come after the US citizen ,who signed the I-864 for the parent , to pay what was not covered by insurance?

What if the hospitalization is prolonged and the uncovered bills run into few hundred thousand $? In reality, would the US citizen's assets like home be at risk?

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  Yodrak said:

taco2,

I am lucky enough to have very little experience with hospitals and doctors. In my very limited experience one does not get in the door without showing evidence of ability to pay the bills, but I expect that there are provisions for dealing with the indigent at least at public and charitable hospitals and clinics.

Yodrak

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Repotedly so unless you enter the county or public hospital via the ER....

[Yodrak 7]

fwaguy,

True, I did once get in the ER door before showing my insurance info. But I didn't get any treatment until I did.

I do understand your point - in a life-threatening situation there is going to be some amount of ER treatment given, and therefore costs encountered, before it can be determined whether or not the patient can pay. But as I said I expect that there is going to be some provision for dealing with the indigent.

I also expect that even in the ER a patient who cannot pay is not going to get the same treatment as one who can. They may be kept alive for a while, but not much more.

Yodrak

  fwaguy said:

  Yodrak said:

taco2,

I am lucky enough to have very little experience with hospitals and doctors. In my very limited experience one does not get in the door without showing evidence of ability to pay the bills, but I expect that there are provisions for dealing with the indigent at least at public and charitable hospitals and clinics.

Yodrak

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Repotedly so unless you enter the county or public hospital via the ER....