I have a question about medical card applications.
I live in Rep of Ireland and work in Northern Ireland so I qualify for a medical card under EU entitlement without a means test. So I called up about it using the number on the HSE website and they told me I still have to fill in all my financial details and that of my spouse even though he is not entitled to it. And even though I definitely do not qualify under means testing they still means test me anyway and then if I don't qualify under that then they grant me the card under EU entitlement.
To me this sounds crazy - a huge waste of my time and the person who has to process it at the other end. Has anyone else had experience of this? If I just mark it parts as 'not applicable' will I just get it returned to me? The amount of information they require is staggering - yet understandable if you are applying for means testing but when I am entitled to this anyway, why do I need to go to all this trouble???
Apologies for repeating myself, it just all makes me so angry!!!
I live in Rep of Ireland and work in Northern Ireland so I qualify for a medical card under EU entitlement without a means test. So I called up about it using the number on the HSE website and they told me I still have to fill in all my financial details and that of my spouse even though he is not entitled to it. And even though I definitely do not qualify under means testing they still means test me anyway and then if I don't qualify under that then they grant me the card under EU entitlement.
To me this sounds crazy - a huge waste of my time and the person who has to process it at the other end. Has anyone else had experience of this? If I just mark it parts as 'not applicable' will I just get it returned to me? The amount of information they require is staggering - yet understandable if you are applying for means testing but when I am entitled to this anyway, why do I need to go to all this trouble???
Apologies for repeating myself, it just all makes me so angry!!!