if she doesn't qualify for medicare but is in the country legally she may be eligible to buy insurance through the marketplaces. but act fast - after march 31st you won't be able to buy a plan until 2015. go to healthcare. gov.
how can a person who married an american on medicare but never paid into it herself benefit from the afa? . . also there are people who lived outside of the us for many years return eventually turn 65 but do not qualify for medicare. how can they get coverage under the affordable care act? this particular person is caring for her very ill aging husband but cannot afford medical coverage.