She doesn't have any income, my husband and I are providing her with room and board, but we also have very low income. My mother is a senior, so she needs medical help and regular check-ups. We can not afford to buy her private health insurance. Can my mother apply for Medicaid, does she have a right to do it? If not - what are her options?
Immigrants also do much of the building here in Alabama. Mexican crews work cheaper, so contractors use them. And the immigrants are so important in crops across the entire southern US. I have great thanks for the immigrants from Mexico. They help keep the cost of food affordable.
My best friends in-laws came to visit on a Visa and stayed a year. They finally found a good plan with Kaiser.
Why do illegal immigrants think they can get medical coverage because they've stepped foot into this country?
Your mother is only 68 & has a green card---she can still work. She can get a job & pay the doctors when she visits them. Just because she is a "senior" doesn't mean she can't get a job. Plenty of 68 year old people in this country are still working their behinds off.
IF YOUR MOTHER NEEDS MEDICAL ATTENSION BRING HER HOME TO HER HOME LAND, AS WITHOUT MEDICAL INSURANCE IN THE USA IT WILL BREAK YOU, MENTALLY AND FINANCIALLY.
NIL AOIN TINTEAN MAR DO THINTEAN FEIN.
I am older than your Mom and I am still employed, and my boss is even older than I am. As TooYoungForThis above had pointed out, see if your Mom can find job [even part-time] which she can use for health care and to help you with room/board.
I would hope his mom has been seeing doctors and taking care of herself way before coming to the US at 68.
Unfortunately the US has a rather large deficit now & there is barely enough funds to take care of US citizens. It is what it is.
My mom collected Medicare and paid almost $800 every quarter for her medigap coverage by the time she passed away @ 89. She had no other income but made sure to pay that premium ( on top of Medicare B premium). And we were poor.
Sorry if a few of you don't like the truthful answers some posted. Those posters are allowed to speak as well.
And a good question was why her family didn't research what the mom was eligible for prior to coming here.
There are several clinics that will charge a nominal fee for people with no coverage, as cited about.
Empathy is nice but the reality is everyone pays for their healthcare in the US. We take care of our poor but we can't take care of everybody. Touchy subject, I know. Reality can stink sometime.
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