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ESA, NHS costs and amount government minimum money
9 years 11 months ago #135057 by edt7
ESA, NHS costs and amount government minimum money was created by edt7
having got my ESA award, waited weeks for correct letter, (have made a complaint about this and asked for compensation) we then applied for NHS help with costs,
my partner is a pensioner and 'entitled' to carers premium, so our total income is £285.93, now according to housing benefit our 'government allowance is £282.90, so working on this we get around £3 over the amount due, so using this as being less than half the prescription charge this would appear to say we should be allowed full help with NHS costs
but sadly when the certificate arrived this morning they are actually using a much smaller allowance figure of just£265.45
can anyone tell me if this is correct, they are using a income allowance for over 60, while housing benefit are using a figure for couple pension age
which actual figure is the correct figure that the government states we are allowed to have and get full benefits
any help would be great as i am confused even our government can not have 2 maximum amounts before full benefits surely?
my partner is a pensioner and 'entitled' to carers premium, so our total income is £285.93, now according to housing benefit our 'government allowance is £282.90, so working on this we get around £3 over the amount due, so using this as being less than half the prescription charge this would appear to say we should be allowed full help with NHS costs
but sadly when the certificate arrived this morning they are actually using a much smaller allowance figure of just£265.45
can anyone tell me if this is correct, they are using a income allowance for over 60, while housing benefit are using a figure for couple pension age
which actual figure is the correct figure that the government states we are allowed to have and get full benefits
any help would be great as i am confused even our government can not have 2 maximum amounts before full benefits surely?
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