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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on January 11, 2017, 04:43:15 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/1261384
Oh my.
BSdetect (1,665 posts) Tue Jan 10, 2017, 01:44 PM
It seems I am not eligible for Medicare?
We came to the USA in 2003 and my wife has worked ever since full time, paying large amounts of taxes.
She is 10 years younger than me and I have not "worked" here unless you call raising three children work. Yes, I was a full time house dad - one of very few it appears.
So when I turned 65 I assumed that as in Australia I would qualify for a Medicare type cover.
Not in the backward USA I fear.
I regard this a sex discrimination.
If I am alive when my wife turns 61 I can get some sort of Medicare cover. Not sure about how much or any other details. Probably some Catch 22 will come up. And that is 6 years away.
I tied explaining this to my local Federal Dem rep's assistant but I think she missed the point completely and was rather dismissive.
Trying to contact with a human in the Dept of Medicare proved fruitless.
Am I barking up the wrong tree with this?
I feel we have paid a lot more taxes than most people and should be qualified to get Medicare but the work roles are designed for a patriarchal system only?
Anybody know how to proceed with this?
SharonAnn (10,477 posts) Tue Jan 10, 2017, 01:57 PM
1. That's one of the many reasons that I recommend people never make a "career" of raising a family.
1. No pay
2. No opportunity to set up good retirement savings
3. No personal eligibility to Social Security
4. And now, no personal eligibility for Medicare until spouse is eligible for Social Security?
still_one (48,900 posts) Tue Jan 10, 2017, 02:13 PM
4. Actually if the are a legal resident or citizen for at least 5 years, they can
still utilize Medicare. Their premium cost would depend on work credits. Maximum premium for Part A in 2016 was four hundred and some dollars. It would go down accordingly based on work credits
doc03 (18,148 posts) Tue Jan 10, 2017, 02:00 PM
2. If you were working at 61 your wife couldn't get Medicare either at 65 if she never
paid into it. No sex discrimination there. Taxes are not SS payroll taxes, you must pay payroll taxes 40 quarters to be eligable for SS.
ginnyinWI (14,784 posts) Tue Jan 10, 2017, 07:59 PM
6. I will be getting it soon, on my husband's work record.
He worked and I was a full time homemaker. I had to go into the office today--couldn't apply online--but I'm getting Medicare. A person has to have worked for ten years to qualify, and he of course did. I had to answer a few questions and that was it.
I think you need to inquire further. Whoever told you that you couldn't get it might not know the whole story.
still_one (48,900 posts) Tue Jan 10, 2017, 02:09 PM
3. You are going to need to make an appointment with Social Security
you can try and call 1-800-772-1213.
Generally, if you're a U.S. citizen or have been a legal resident for at least 5 years, you can still get full Medicare benefits at age 65 or older by:
Paying premiums for Part A. The maximum premium was 411 in 2016, but it depends on your work credits. The more work credits you have, the less premium you pay.
Part B should be the same payment as normal qualifying Meicare recipeints, an is Part D.
You can enroll in Part B without buying Part A, but if you buy into A, you must enroll in B.
Paying the same monthly premiums for Part B, which covers doctor visits and other outpatient services, as other enrollees pay.
Paying the same monthly premium for Part D prescription drug coverage as others enrolled in the drug plan you choose.
Check with Social security, make an in person appointment. you need to find out where you stand.
I know if I wanted to move to Canada or the UK or Ireland for example, it is not a given that I would have access to the NHS.
TexasProgresive (8,880 posts) Tue Jan 10, 2017, 03:53 PM
5. doc03 has it right
My wife is older than me. She didn't have enough quarters (of a year) worked to qualify at 65. She had to wait for me to reach 65. Meanwhile she was covered by my employer provided medical insurance.
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He's 65 but claims raising 3 kids kept him from working.
Bullshit.
The kids were/should've been out of the house over 10 years ago.
What have you been doing since then you worthless ****?
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He's 65 but claims raising 3 kids kept him from working.
Bullshit.
The kids were/should've been out of the house over 10 years ago.
What have you been doing since then you worthless ****?
You forget. He's a liberal. It means he sub-divided his basement into 3 bedrooms and a playroom/safe space. Those leeches are still there.
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Try moving to Australia. Not a single DUchebag could. Either you have to have a huge bond and or have a guarantee of a USEFUL job for three years. Then, if you lose your job, they kick you out.
So ZERO BONG!
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So, he's lived here less than 15 years, paid nothing into "the system", and thinks he's entitled to collect bennies?
By way of contrast, on a couple of levels, Mrs. SVPete was a SAHM. But she worked before we had our first child, and has worked for several years, after our kids were more or less independent and after being the primary caregiver for her Mom. She is already eligible, except for her age.
if he doesn't like the US not wanting people who've not paid into the system drawing bennies, maybe he should go back to Oz.
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BSdetect (1,665 posts) Tue Jan 10, 2017, 01:44 PM
It seems I am not eligible for Medicare?
<tale of woe>
Anybody know how to proceed with this?
Yes dummie, I can tell you exactly how to proceed with this. Move back to Australia. Problem solved!
5 cents please.
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Yes dummie, I can tell you exactly how to proceed with this. Move back to Australia. Problem solved!
5 cents please.
Or - GASP! - get a job and pay into the system for a few years. I know, I used that 3-letter J-word.
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What are the odds that the DUmmie is currently on Medicaid?
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Or - GASP! - get a job and pay into the system for a few years. I know, I used that 3-letter J-word.
Fool is a dummie. I'd rather he/she/it go back to Australia.... actually I'd rather the dummie go to North Korea, can't always get what you want though. Such is life. :cheersmate:
I will give the dummie credit. The dummies is at the right place to ask advice on how to get government freebies. Those bastards at the dump know the rules better than the people that work at the agencies.
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What are the odds that the DUmmie is currently on Medicaid?
Somewhere between .99 and 1.01.
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There were a couple of very good answers in that thread which the shamming loser would be well-advised to follow. Being a DUmmie, I'm pretty sure he won't. He wants a free ride, and the word 'Premium' is roughly equivalent to 'Danger mines' or 'Radiation hazard' to him.
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Been here 14 years,paid nothing into the system and expects to take upwards of 20 years of expensive benefits.
Nothing sums up a liberal more then that.