Aos-health insurance

[Spam Hill 10]

4 minutes ago, AMB said:

24th of which month 

Today! 24th of Feb

[AMB 7]

7 minutes ago, Flying Scotsman said:

Today! 24th of Feb

I filled aos in 2019 November 

so its not required from me as An essential requirement 

[Zach2015 211]

Just now, AMB said:

I filled aos in 2019 November 

so its not required from me as An essential requirement 

Did you read my response? We filed in September 2019, they asked us about health insurance at our interview last week. My wife has had insurance through my employer once we got married. 

[geowrian 22,335]

It's always been a consideration in the totality of the circumstances.

It's been added as an explicit question for people filing for AOS starting today (the 24th of February), as well as is now considered a "heavily weighted negative factor". How exactly that differs from before is unknown, but I would assume it is now something they are watching more closely.

[Cndn 98]

2 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

I sure wouldn't walk into an AOS interview these days, with the current public charge changes, without insurance or a plan to get it.

They are not allowed to apply the new rules to petitions that are marked before the effective date. As OP’s interview is in a month I’m guessing his petition is marked as being submitted way before, and therefore he should not be subjected to the new public charges rules that are more concerned with health care. 

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

If your wife has Medicare then she’s severely disabled since you said she’s 21 and clearly not over 65.

If your wife has Medicaid well then you CANNOT be added to that. It’s free health insurance for the poor. 
You can go to the website healthcare.gov and purchase a plan for yourself. 
Your wife and joint sponsor (presumably she couldn’t sponsor you alone) can help you out. They both signed legal documents stating you wouldn’t become a public charge.

[Duke & Marie 1,389]

3 hours ago, AMB said:

Relax my wife is simple person and she’s not old enough to get to know all immigration stuff she was born here and she was given medicare so she doesn’t care about such stuff all she cares about are school and work

Health Insurance and Immigration are two entirely different things and being a USC she should know full well the benifits of private health cover regardless of her “being given Medicaid” or not.. note, she’s not actually given it, she just doesn’t earn enough to get off it”

 

lack of caring about such things is no excuse for failing to be responsible for her spouse who has zero entitlement to Medicaid and who will need medical insurance in the event of an emergency

[Cndn 98]

3 hours ago, yuna628 said:

Yeah I'm confused... no doubt this is Medicaid and Molina is the managed health care company that provides. Hard to even know what state this is... Cali maybe I assume.

 

https://www.healthcare.gov/

 

 

In WA state you cannot purchase health care outside of open enrolment (normally November - December) unless you have a qualifying life event. Is it different in other states? I don’t think OP would be able to use the exchange right now. Unless they just got married or moved to the US. 

[usmsbow 796]

2 minutes ago, Cndn said:

In WA state you cannot purchase health care outside of open enrolment (normally November - December) unless you have a qualifying life event. Is it different in other states? I don’t think OP would be able to use the exchange right now. Unless they just got married or moved to the US. 

Good point. Yes, it isn't just WA, it is every state that is like that. 

[yuna628 9,530]

27 minutes ago, Cndn said:

In WA state you cannot purchase health care outside of open enrolment (normally November - December) unless you have a qualifying life event. Is it different in other states? I don’t think OP would be able to use the exchange right now. Unless they just got married or moved to the US. 

That would indeed be correct, I was unsure where the OP was in their journey. The best they could do would be to buy from any insurer available in their state privately.

[K + M 47]

6 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

I sure wouldn't walk into an AOS interview these days, with the current public charge changes, without insurance or a plan to get it.

Doesn't the public charge final rule only apply to applications/post-dated on/after 2/24? So if went into an AOS interview that was an AOS applied for back in 2019 the final charge rule wouldn't apply/ or if resident of Illinois.

[geowrian 22,335]

11 minutes ago, Kerri and Myles said:

Doesn't the public charge final rule only apply to applications/post-dated on/after 2/24? So if went into an AOS interview that was an AOS applied for back in 2019 the final charge rule wouldn't apply/ or if resident of Illinois.

The Illinois exception is gone now due to the Feb. 21 SCOTUS ruling.

https://www.uscis.gov/i-485

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ALERT: On Feb. 21, 2020, the Supreme Court stayed the statewide injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois affecting Illinois filers. USCIS will implement the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds final rule nationwide, including in Illinois, on Feb. 24, 2020.

 

Yes, the new rule only applies to applications filed on/after the 24th.

Having health insurance (or sufficient means to cover reasonably expected costs) was part of the consideration before that rule.

[Cndn 98]

14 minutes ago, Kerri and Myles said:

Doesn't the public charge final rule only apply to applications/post-dated on/after 2/24? So if went into an AOS interview that was an AOS applied for back in 2019 the final charge rule wouldn't apply/ or if resident of Illinois.

That’s correct. 

[Cndn 98]

1 hour ago, yuna628 said:

That would indeed be correct, I was unsure where the OP was in their journey. The best they could do would be to buy from any insurer available in their state privately.

I was unaware it was possible to buy from private insurers? I’m assuming you don’t get tax credits unless you use the exchange? 

[K + M 47]

5 minutes ago, geowrian said:

The Illinois exception is gone now due to the Feb. 21 SCOTUS ruling.

https://www.uscis.gov/i-485

 

Yes, the new rule only applies to applications filed on/after the 24th.

Having health insurance (or sufficient means to cover reasonably expected costs) was part of the consideration before that rule.

• Our GC interview is 3/10, no health insurance for personal reasons, although we both have dental/vision, and multitudes of other things showcasing bona fide marriage (working on getting our interview prep done), and we have a joint sponsor so I am feeling really good about the interview - although that's enough talk about my personal on this post don't wanna derail from OP's 
• Oh, I'm working full time too

Edited February 25, 2020 by Kerri and Myles