Recovery from Cancer | Petition of Parent to US

[SalishSea 18,092]

8 minutes ago, Mike E said:

So if an immigrant can legally qualify for Medicaid, get it.  Shop for the right state.  

Also shop for providers who accept Medicaid.

[Lil bear 4,294]

6 minutes ago, Mike E said:

With ACA you can

 

* buy plans with high premiums that cover everything, and if you don’t get sick, you’ve blown a lot of money. 

 

* buy plans that don’t cost much, and if you don’t get sick, you’ve saved your money and if you do get sick, your spend the same amount of money.  
 

People discussing the cost of health care on the market place should get a grasp of the concepts of deductibles and out of pocket maximums. They should also understand that people with low modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) get a premium subsidy.  MAGIs of  new immigrants over age 50 tends to be low, often zero.  

 

These universal health care systems in other countries aren’t free. They come at a cost: higher taxes.  The tax burden is less in the USA.  Even if you were paying low income taxes in your previous country (because you had low income) still you were paying value added tax versus state sales tax.  I’ll take a California or New York sales tax over a European VAT any day

 

This is all said, everybody I know who has Medicaid considers it to be the greatest thing ever. I mean what’s not to like:

 

* access to the most technologically advanced health care in world history

 

* out pocket cost: generally up to 5 percent of income  

 

So if an immigrant can legally qualify for Medicaid, get it.  Shop for the right state.  

When we first used ACA in arriving , before employment , we were not eligible for premium credits etc because we had NO earned income rather than LOW earned income. Bit of a catch there if the older person isn't working at all ..

[shakeyy 78]

23 hours ago, Boiler said:

Love these threads. A couple of pages of comments based on one scenario and it turns out to be another 

 

Canada well a lot depends if they have their residency status and do not know how that works I do know not easy to sponsor parents

 

US easy to sponsor parents but do not think Florida is generous with benefits, I would imagine they would get Medicaid in say California 

 

The main reason I asked this question was, if someone was to sponsor a parent in Canada, Canada can deny your sponsorship due to medical grounds if parent could potentially need excessive medical needs there. The medical exam during the immigration process is extensive for sponsorship applications.

 

It is just unfortunate that Vancouver area is the "warmest" of canada you can get, that way we could have just moved to another province if there was a "sunshine" state in Canada. . 

 

I also didn't expect i would meet and marry a florida man   and move down here 

 

Edited June 22, 2022 by shakeyy

[Boiler 45,952]

So it is a question of money and if they or their sponsor can afford the cots involved.

[shakeyy 78]

3 hours ago, Boiler said:

So it is a question of money and if they or their sponsor can afford the cots involved.

clearly impossible for a regular person like me if it would cost 30k/year on insurance🥶

Edited June 22, 2022 by shakeyy

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