getting health insurance for mom and dad

[oregon75 0]

My wife is from the Philippines and has been here for a few years. We're at the point of contemplating bringing her Mom and Dad to the US to live with us. I'm researching the costs of health insurance for them as this would be a major concern of ours since they are getting in their 60's. From what I've researched it looks like newly arrived green card holders would qualify for Obamacare but not Medicare. My question is concerning the subsidies. Since premiums for Obamacare are not cheap we're hoping they could qualify for the subsidies. Does anyone know if they look at myself or my wife's income for calculating the subsidies since they will be living with us or do they only look at the green card holder's income? If they only looked at my their incomes I'm sure they could get subsidies since they won't be working. I'm just not sure if the government will consider them dependents since they will be living with us and will therefore look at our income also??

Thanks for anyone's info or experience in this situation.

Jamey

[Sirliner 26]

The subsidies are calculated on the applicant's income. Proof of income is required by submitting a copy of your tax return. Be aware there is a minimum threshold(about $23,000 or so), below which the applicant is automatically referred to the state's welfare medical insurance. Obviously, if the parents apply with no job and no income that's where they would end up. Listing them as dependents on your tax return would make them eligible for your insurance, with any subsidies based on your income. And the more income you have the less subsidies you get.

[Boiler 43,434]

A subject that gets raised every now and then questions asked, answers given but nobody comes back and says what they have done.

Some basics:

Varies by State and you do not say which one you are in, I know about CO so I will comment from that perspective.

I presume they will be living off their Pensions so that will be what matters from a US perspective.

You have to have a minim level of income, for one person it is about $16,000, otherwise you get kicked out of the Exchange to Medicaid. But you need to have been a LPR for 5 years to get Medicaid.

Premiums in the Exchange for someone 60 vary between $400 ish and $1200 ish, Bronze to Platinum. I think the max credit is c $400.

Medicare they can buy into when they get of age but that is very expensive.

Never understood the US rules on dependents for tax purposes But lets say that was possible, the level of credit would be dependent on your income.