I'm married to a Dutch-Canadian and I am a US citizen and 90+ years old. He is in poor health. If I returned to the States if something happened to him, would I be allowed to receive benefits of any sort from my former veteran husband? I need to be with my family and a better health system. I am a planner of good mind. Please let me know and thank you.
As a resident (not citizen) of Canada, you should have access to the provincial healthcare in your province as long as you are legally in Canada. You will get your hospital and doctors visits fully covered and should be eligible for some prescription coverage if you need it.
There is more to it than I’ve written here but all roads lead back to contacting SS for your personal status in regards to obtaining insurance.
Since your family is in the US, I can certainly understand you wanting to be near them.
I hope your husband is getting the care he needs and you can find your perfect home for the future.
Unless you are independently wealthy which I assume you are not there will also be the problem of enrolling in Medicare.
Do you have family in the US who could check this out for you?
The cost of living is probably cheaper in the US but healthcare I would expect to cost more. You may not feel it is any better once you have experienced it. The care of the elderly especially those reling on Medicare is often substandard. not all Drs accept Medicare patients and waits for specialist appointments can be very long, 3 months is not unusual.
Get all your facts together before you make a decision
This was written in 2015, and with the current U.S. Administration you would need to check to see if this still exist or has been changed.