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Most countries with decent healthcare are reluctant to accept retirees. They'll likely have to fund their own health insurance, at least. If you can gain citize
by incompatible 9y ago
Most countries with decent healthcare are reluctant to accept retirees. They'll likely have to fund their own health insurance, at least. If you can gain citizenship of such a country, well in advance of retirement, it could be well worth it though.
- curun1r 9y agoYou can go to developing countries. The health care I received in Southeast Asia was quite good and the full cost was significantly less than just the co-pays on my plan in the US. Thailand has a retirement visa that allows for 6-month stays and you can live quite comfortably there for under $20k/yr.
- incompatible 9y agoThat's an interesting visa, although the monthly income requirement of THB 65,000 would be beyond me.
- eatbitseveryday 9y ago65,000 THB = 1,885.17 USD That is 37,760 USD / year. Too much? edit: Whoops, should be 22,622.04 USD / year
- incompatible 9y agoYeah, I make nowhere near that much as a retiree.
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- gozur88 9y agoI'm sure care is adequate in many developing countries if you get the clap or get injured in a car accident. But I'm skeptical you're likely to get as good cardiac or oncology care.
- toomuchtodo 9y agoCardiac and oncology care is top notch in Thai and Indian facilities where Westerners would patron, based on my medical tourism research. Dat arbitrage!
- gozur88 9y agoSure, but is the same true for the Philippines or Thailand?
- toomuchtodo 9y agoThai = Thailand in my above comment. I don't know about the Philippines, but happy to look into it.
- neves 9y agoNot true. Retirees with generous pensions are a great opportunity for any country. They will bring money to your country without the need to produce anything. They won't consume a lot of public resources (no need of school or of police repression). They will reform a house, eat in your good restaurants, and enjoy all the services you can offer. A lot of countries hunt for wealthy retirees, like Portugal and Australia. Sure you must have your health insurance.
- ceejayoz 9y ago> They won't consume a lot of public resources If you ignore healthcare, nursing homes, etc., perhaps.
- gozur88 9y agoThose aren't public resources. That's why they typically only let you in if you're relatively wealthy.
- wtbob 9y ago> They won't consume a lot of public resources (no need of school or of police repression). Either the host country's end-of-life medical care is not great by American standards (in which case what you write is true, but many Americans wouldn't care to move), or it is, and a retiree would consume considerable public resources. Unfortunately, there's no way to have it both ways.
- michel-slm 9y agoSo the trick is to persuade your children to emigrate to those countries, and then sponsor your visa.