Medical Card

jmg90

Hi folks,
Looking for a little advice not sure if I have posted this in the correct forum, I have been giving the great news today that I am been promoted to full time in my job to 40 hours a week, I'm just a little worried now about my medical card at present I hold a full medical card and it is due for renewal at any stage, would I lose my medical card now at 40 hours a week, I am on the minimum wage at work, I live alone and pay 110 euros a week on rent, I have no dependants and own a car I travel about 27 km a week in total to and from work. I have monthly finance car payments of 265
Any advice would be appreciated 😘 xx

hawthorne

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/health/medical_cards_and_gp_visit_cards/medical_card_means_test_under_70s.html

https://www2.hse.ie/file-library/medical-cards/medical-cards-national-assessment-guidelines.pdf


It looks to me as if you still qualify.

Dempo1

jmg90 wrote: »

Hi folks,
Looking for a little advice not sure if I have posted this in the correct forum, I have been giving the great news today that I am been promoted to full time in my job to 40 hours a week, I'm just a little worried now about my medical card at present I hold a full medical card and it is due for renewal at any stage, would I lose my medical card now at 40 hours a week, I am on the minimum wage at work, I live alone and pay 110 euros a week on rent, I have no dependants and own a car I travel about 27 km a week in total to and from work. I have monthly finance car payments of 265
Any advice would be appreciated 😘 xx

You mention you hold a full medical card, Generally you are allowed to retain a medical card for a defined period returning to or gaining full time employment. If you have a defined medical condition, requiring regular prescription a full medical card is generally re issued, if not, it's possible and just possible the type of card you are issued might change to say a GP visit card etc.

In the case of a review obviously you may be means tested and earnings taking into consideration. You mention car finance, this is not relevant, only reasonable travel expenses, car pooling and in some cases parking expenses considered.

The main thing is you will be able to retain some form of medical card for a period of time if financial situation has improved so I wouldn't worry too much, if no review takes place, you'll just be re issued the same type of medical card you have, it's also important to mention a review normally commences 3 months prior to renewal, if this has not occurred, your worries over and a 1 year card will be issued.

I have a full medical card, defined long term illness requiring monthly prescriptions and because of this I've never been reviewed over 5 years but this is not to say a review could happen at any time, Good luck