How Do I Obtain A Social Security Number For My Grandmother?

My grandmother was born in Harlingen, Texas (Cameron County) in 1949 by a midwife. Shortly after she was born, her parents moved to Mexico where she has resided all her life. She does have a certificate of vital record that was filed May 3, 1949, but has no social security number. I’ve searched for her on the internet in Cameron County records and have seen that her birth was indeed recorded.

She still lives in Mexico and was able to come visit just showing her birthcertificate. But since new laws state that a US citizen needs a passport to travel to Mexico, she hasn’t been able to visit. We are trying to get her a social security number, so we can start the process of getting her a passport. This is were the problem arises. When we go to the social security office they ask for a US issued photo id (which she doesn’t have). When we try to get an id, they say we need a ss#, so basically it’s a cat/mouse game!!! We have also tried an application SS-5, but they also need photo verification. She has her Mexican id, but obviously that is not accepted. The social security office also accepts an employee ID card; school ID card; health insurance card (not a Medicare card); or U.S. military ID card, but she doesn’t have any of those.

Before we hire a lawyer, we wanted to see if anyone has any suggestions/advice!

Liberals, Why do you believe Government Health Insurance is better than private insurance?

This law, by design, will eventually put private insurers out of business. Then, there will be only one choice for coverage. Single Payer = Daddy Government.

2008 National Health Insurer Report Card

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/368/reportcard.pdf

2008 Percentages of Medical Claims Denied ( Page 2 )

Medicare = 6.85%

Private Insurance ie.. “Evil Corporate Profit Hogs”

Aetna – 6.8%
BCBS 4.6%
Health Net – 3.9%
Cigna – 3.4%
Humana 2.9%
Coventry 2.9%
UHC 2.7%

How well do you think you’re lawsuit will go when filed against the Federal Government ?

Like the IRS, you are Guilty until proven innocent.
The Link is to American Medical Association
NO It doesn’t “outlaw” private Insurance. But what do you think is going to happen when Companies have the following choice:

Spend 15% or more on current benefits.

Cut all medical benefits and pay 8% fine .

DUH !

Is health insurance the solution, or the problem?

We hear a lot about the 47 million Americans without health insurance, the ones that get their critical care at the emergency room. Democrats want to cut-and-run with regards to national health care, that is, they want to issue another 47 million laminated cards and call it “Mission Accomplished.”

But in Michael Moore’s movie, “Sicko,” we learn that people with insurance are often worse off. They are frequently denied various treatments; more foreboding: private healthcare practices often limit the number of “insured” patients they will take-on (with Medicare/Medicaid leading the list of undesirable insurance) because of the hassle and less-than-reasonable reimbursements. More people on government insurance with less physicians willing to see them doesn’t sound “progressive” to me.

So, if national insurance isn’t the solution, what is?

What do you think of this letter to the department of homeland security?

> Dear Mrs. Ms. or Sir:
>
> I’m in the process of renewing my passport and still cannot believe this.
>
> How is it that Radio Shack has my address and telephone number and knows
> that I bought a cable TV from them in 1987 (23 years ago), and yet, the
> Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date.
>
> For Christ sakes, do you guys do this by hand? Ever heard of computers?
>
> My birth date you have in my social security file. It’s on EVERY income
> tax form I’ve filed for the past 30 years. It’s on my Medicare health
> insurance card and my driver’s license, It’s on the last eight damn passports
> I’ve had, It’s on every stupid customs declaration form I’ve had to fill out
> before being allowed off the plane for the last 30 years. And it’s on all
> those census forms that we have to do at election times.
>
> Would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother’s name
> is Maryanne, my father’s name is Robert and I’m reasonably confident that
> neither name is likely to change between now and when I die.
>
> Between you an’ me, I’ve had enough of this bureaucratic bullshit!
>
> You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my #*&#%*&
> address.
>
> What is going on? You must have a gang of bureaucratic Neanderthal
> morons working there!
>
> Look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? And “No,” I don’t want
> to dig up Yasser Arafat, for shit sakes. I just want to go and park my
> ass on a sandy beach. And would someone please tell me, why would you give a
> damn whether I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days?
>
> If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a chicken or a goat,
> believe you me, I’d sure as hell not want to tell anyone!
>
> Well, I have to go now because I have to go to the other end of the city
> and get another #*@&#^@*@& copy of my birth certificate to the tune of $100.
>
> Would it be so difficult to have all the services in the same area so I
> could get a new passport the same day? Nooooo, that would require planning
> and organization. And it would be too logical for the @&^*^%@% government.
>
> You’d rather have us running all over the place like chickens with our
> heads cut off. Then, we have to find some asshole to confirm that it’s really
> me in the damn picture – you know, the one where we’re not allowed to
> smile……
>
> Hey, you know why we can’t smile? We’re totally pissed off!
>
> Yours truly – An Irate Citizen,
>
> Garry K. Taylor.
>
> P. S. Remember what I wrote about getting someone to confirm that the
> picture is me? Well, my family has been in the United States of America
> since 1776. I have served in the military for something over 35 years and
> have had security clearances up the ying yang. However, I have to get
> someone important to verify who I am – you know, someone like my doctor……..
> WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN INDIA !
>
> And you a@@holes want to run our health care system?????

how to see physchiatirst in australia?

hello.

i need to see a psychiatrist about a mental illness. what do i need to do?

im a medical rookie and have know idea what to do. could you please answer these questions.

do i need a referral? (i don’t really have a gp, haven’t been to the dr in about 4 years)
do i need medicare card or health insurance? (i don’t have a clue if i got either – my guess is not)
anyone know what type of price range im looking at for 1 session and hopefully a prescription?

anything else i should know of?

thanks heaps.

p.s i live in brisbane (towong) if anyone knows a good place