Health Care Help
Apr 14th 2015, 3:00 pm
#16
Joined: Dec 2001
Location: Dixie, ex UK
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Re: Health Care Help
If you've got a rental agreement for a house, you can get the utilities in your name for a switchover date at some point in the near future. You can ask the utility company for a print out of your agreement.
We recently used a bank statement printed out at the bank with a date/address on it so that my daughter could get a driving license.
It hinges on you having a rental agreement though.
We recently used a bank statement printed out at the bank with a date/address on it so that my daughter could get a driving license.
It hinges on you having a rental agreement though.
Apr 14th 2015, 3:09 pm
#17
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Re: Health Care Help
OP: If you are pursuing a marketplace plan, you need to get on it quickly! The cut-off for plans starting May 1 is April 15.
I also second calling/using the live chat option. A newly arrived immigrant is unlikely to be something the boilerplate website will be able to handle. However, I have found the call center people to be quite helpful with non-standard situations.
Regarding tax implications: you are allowed up to 3 months uninsured in a year without a tax penalty (presumably because so many employers have stupid wait periods like this), so that is unlikely to be a problem.
I also second calling/using the live chat option. A newly arrived immigrant is unlikely to be something the boilerplate website will be able to handle. However, I have found the call center people to be quite helpful with non-standard situations.
Regarding tax implications: you are allowed up to 3 months uninsured in a year without a tax penalty (presumably because so many employers have stupid wait periods like this), so that is unlikely to be a problem.
Apr 14th 2015, 3:49 pm
#18
Deep in the woods of CT
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Re: Health Care Help
If he is arriving in the country after that date, wouldn't it be seen as a "qualifying event" if he is otherwise eligible for coverage?
Apr 14th 2015, 3:55 pm
#19
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Re: Health Care Help
Then he would be starting June 1st etc.
Apr 14th 2015, 4:41 pm
#20
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Re: Health Care Help
Being a new immigrant is indeed a qualifying event. But each month there is still a cut off date if you want the coverage to start on the 1st of the following month.
Apr 14th 2015, 5:55 pm
#21
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Re: Health Care Help
Which still leaves a coverage gap between arriving and being covered, which was the OP's original question!
Apr 14th 2015, 6:14 pm
#23
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Re: Health Care Help
I thought they were still in the UK?
Apr 14th 2015, 6:38 pm
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Apr 14th 2015, 9:14 pm
#27
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Re: Health Care Help
I seem to recall using my husband's company address as our address before we arrived. That would have been for visa purposes mainly.
My husband lived in a hotel for several months so I guess he could have used that address in advance of the actual move too.
Not sure if any of that helps - just throwing some ideas out there.
My husband lived in a hotel for several months so I guess he could have used that address in advance of the actual move too.
Not sure if any of that helps - just throwing some ideas out there.
