 [ Symptoms ] i am a legal permanent resident over 65 years old with less than 5 years of permanent residency  i am not working my income is below 100 poverty level and i have not needed to file tax returns can i get tax creditssubsidies considering my age and income should the income level be between 100 and 400 and age be less than 65 for government subsidies [ Disease ] even though you are above age 65 if you do not qualify for either medicare or medicaid you can apply for coverage in the exchangemarketplace generally subsidies are only available to people between 100 and 400 of the federal poverty level but there is an exception for legal immigrants who do not qualify for medicaid because they have not been in the country for 5 years so based on your income and legal residency status you should qualify for a premium subsidy to purchase a private policy on the exchangemarketplace