Healthcare and Immigrant Visa - claiming Medicare?
Jan 8th 2014, 5:01 am
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Re: Healthcare and Immigrant Visa - claiming Medicare?
http://kff.org/medicaid/state-indica...t-as-a-of-pop/
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/dail...-coverage.aspx
I have seen numbers that show the number of children on Medicaid to be very high, approaching 50%, just not the overall numbers.
Jan 8th 2014, 5:23 am
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Re: Healthcare and Immigrant Visa - claiming Medicare?
Is that 50% number for the percentage of births? It seems far too high given the overall number of people on Medicaid is in the 20% range on this chart and nationwide it is 17%
I have seen numbers that show the number of children on Medicaid to be very high, approaching 50%, just not the overall numbers.
I have seen numbers that show the number of children on Medicaid to be very high, approaching 50%, just not the overall numbers.
http://www.whijournal.com/article/S1...055-8/fulltext
Jan 8th 2014, 12:57 pm
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This is a worrying statement; "65-70% of the moms we delivered received Medicaid which paid for their hospital stay"
If the initial ante-natal treatment and birthing need to be paid for out of the public purse, one wonders what else during the child's life will be paid for out of tax payer's dollars?
The majority of pregnancies are life choices - however if one decides to continue with a pregnancy one obviously cannot afford, should the tax payer be on the line for such pregnancy expenses?
If the initial ante-natal treatment and birthing need to be paid for out of the public purse, one wonders what else during the child's life will be paid for out of tax payer's dollars?
The majority of pregnancies are life choices - however if one decides to continue with a pregnancy one obviously cannot afford, should the tax payer be on the line for such pregnancy expenses?
A child should not have to suffer for their parents lack of responsibility.
My sister has 1 kid on medi-cal, not because she could not afford health insurance as she pays for her other children, but because she could find no health insurance company that would insure her child with a pre-existing heart condition.
Now with the new rules, I have no idea if he will still be on medi-cal or be taken off and placed onto her insurance policy.
Jan 8th 2014, 3:22 pm
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Re: Healthcare and Immigrant Visa - claiming Medicare?
Highly unscientific but from just what I have heard I would not be surprised.
Medicaid limits going up, large families tend to be poorer anyway, plus the temptation of the grey economy, makes sense the numbers would go up not down.
Medicaid limits going up, large families tend to be poorer anyway, plus the temptation of the grey economy, makes sense the numbers would go up not down.
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Jan 8th 2014, 4:31 pm
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Maybe not. There used to be a perverse incentive with Medicaid in that only a handful of states covered households without a minor child, regardless of income. Post ACA, for those states that have accepted the Medicaid expansion, anyone under 133% of the federal poverty level is eligible, not just those in households with a minor child. Of course, the perverse incentive will remain in those states that have refused the expansion.
Jan 16th 2014, 10:36 am
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Re: Healthcare and Immigrant Visa - claiming Medicare?
Thanks to everyone for your help with looking into this. After much research and discussion we have decided to postpone our move to the US for one year.
All the best.
All the best.
