NHS Eligibility in the long term
Nov 3rd 2008, 2:19 am
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Re: NHS Eligibility in the long term
Nov 3rd 2008, 2:21 am
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Re: NHS Eligibility in the long term
Thanks - this is reassuring to know for the future.
I was surprised 4 or 5 years ago to receive a letter from HMS saying that I could make up my contributions so that I would receive a state pension at 65. As someone who has paid very little by way of tax and NI, I didn't think this was very fair to all those who had paid all their life as I only needed to send them about 3 or 4 thousand pounds. I believe they have recently changed this and you have to have 30 years of contributions to be eligible? Not sure if you can make up the shortfall anymore?
I would hope that at that time in my life, I wouldn't be dependant on 80 pounds a week from HMS to make ends meet. But you never know!!
I was surprised 4 or 5 years ago to receive a letter from HMS saying that I could make up my contributions so that I would receive a state pension at 65. As someone who has paid very little by way of tax and NI, I didn't think this was very fair to all those who had paid all their life as I only needed to send them about 3 or 4 thousand pounds. I believe they have recently changed this and you have to have 30 years of contributions to be eligible? Not sure if you can make up the shortfall anymore?
I would hope that at that time in my life, I wouldn't be dependant on 80 pounds a week from HMS to make ends meet. But you never know!!
Nov 3rd 2008, 2:24 am
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Re: NHS Eligibility in the long term
Wouldn't go far towards US health insurance though would it? Especially for seniors who may have health issues and need expensive meds...not to mention co-pays.
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Nov 3rd 2008, 2:46 am
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Re: NHS Eligibility in the long term
I know an old guy who pays 800 a month for health insurance, it'd go a long way towards covering that.
Nov 3rd 2008, 11:07 am
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Re: NHS Eligibility in the long term
U.S. citizens need to keep filing U.S. federal taxes anyway, although there will probably be not much income tax to pay if resident in the United Kingdom.
