| Many people dismiss the option of retiring overseas | | | | What would that cost in the USA now...a week in the |
| due to health care concerns. | | | | hospital and the CAT scan? |
| Many Americans and Canadians, live very well on | | | | Is the health care great in the US, you bet, just realize |
| $2,000 month or less in such places as Mexico, | | | | up front that you are going to pay for it. |
| Panama or Ecuador. That includes a maid...interested | | | | If you retire to Mexico you can buy health insurance |
| ladies? | | | | for about $300 per year. That pretty much covers you |
| My wife and I lived in various countries for 8 years | | | | from A to Z. I pay that much each month for a |
| while living aboard a sailboat. We are in good health, | | | | catastrophic policy with a $10,000 deductible. |
| exercise regularly, and never had a health issue in | | | | Living in Phoenix we drive to Mexico for our dental |
| those 8 years. We did have optional laser surgery on | | | | care...cleaning, performed by the dentist, $30. A crown |
| our eyes in Venezuela. It cost $350 per eye. | | | | is $200. Prices have not gone up in the 5 years we |
| We had total trust in the Venezuelan doctor and have | | | | have been going to Mexico. My wife is a former dental |
| not had any problems with our eyes. I don't miss | | | | hygienist. She is well pleased with the cleanliness of the |
| wearing glasses either. | | | | office and the quality of the service we and many of |
| We did have friends that needed medical care. One | | | | our friends have received. |
| friend was hospitalized in Trinidad for about a week. | | | | If you do retire overseas, eat right and exercise |
| His private hospital room cost $56 per day, including his | | | | regularly, you should not worry about the health care |
| meals. When he needed a CAT scan the doctor | | | | you may or may not need while in a foreign land. |
| apologized for charging him $180 for the procedure. It | | | | Don't give up on retirement before you check out the |
| would have been $100 if he had been a local. | | | | opportunity to live cheaply and well overseas. |