Trying to bring my elderly parents to USA - I’m a citizen

[Visitor User 253]

With no income here they should get free Medicare and Medicaid right?

[Boiler 45,461]

1 minute ago, Visitor User said:

With no income here they should get free Medicare and Medicaid right?

No

[Visitor User 253]

48 minutes ago, Boiler said:

No

Why not? Once they become a USC they can. 

Edited November 8, 2023 by Visitor User

[Crazy Cat 41,822]

 

9 hours ago, Visitor User said:

Why not? Once they become a USC they can. 

 

No.  They cannot. Medicare Part A is not "free" for anyone unless that person or his/her spouse has 40 quarters of work credit which prepaid for Part A.  Medicaid varies from state to state.

Edited November 8, 2023 by Crazy Cat

[JeanneAdil 6,491]

20 hours ago, Timona said:

Quality of life for old folks is better outside than inside US. Had it been me, I'd just leave them in Peru. 

 

Additionally, making new friends and interacting to the society and new environment at such an age is tedious. 

 

Lastly, you will have to pay their health insurance yourself. And as others have said, it's not cheap. $700/ month just for them to be on Healthcare that they won't use everyday is a waste of $$ in my opinion. I'd rather give them half that to enjoy life outside. 

 

P:S: Doesn't apply to just OP, but they're a lot of posts here of people who immediately become USC and want to sponsor old parents. Problem is, those posters think their old parents will automatically qualify for Medicare upon landing. That's not the case. I would rather people understand this before starting to sign parents up for GC. 

 

Again, I'm not targeting anyone. 

My MIL came for visit and what we experience may help u

Had to get her diabetes medicine thru a US dr so dr visit was costly  and cost was over $500 a month for the 2 medicines she needed

She was very homesick even though we got a cell for her and put her on my plan to talk online, it isn't the same as spending time with her grandkids and other family so she decided to leave in less than 3 months

she was ill and we thought it was her sugar going up and down, but when she returned to Moroc,  she had emergecy surery is less than 2 weeks for appenditis  / cost us $1000 in her home country and would have costs over $10000 here (best estimate i could get when i asked my GP -after the fact.

 

Any plan u lookup is for 1 person and u need 2 and unless u get medicaid itself,  u will need not only health care insurance but Prescription,  eye and dental (the 3 things older people need for medicine,  dental care and eyes

 

Have u thought to have them come on tourist visa and see how they deal with the US?