Anony asked:
I am 22 years and currently in college. My father will be receiving social security next year. I know I was able to receive medical insurance from his job for being in school. But now he will be on social security since he is retiring.
If he were working, you can now be insured until the age of 26 or 27 thanks to Obama. But with no job, your dad has no health insurance policy. Is he old enough to have Medicare? That would still be for him only, not you. He would have to get an individual policy and include you but that is quite expensive.
Since you are an adult, you should be getting your own insurance polilcy. Lucky for you that at age 22 it is pretty cheap. Maybe you can get one and put him on it, return the favor he has done for you all the while you were growing up.
If he’s going to be on Medicare, you can’t “ride” on his coattails for that. If he keeps his private coverage, you can.
You can be insured only if he continues his private insurance and not on medicare if he is eligible for.