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I think this might be a plan for me. The cost of living in america with healthcare is just too high.
by post_break 5y ago
I think this might be a plan for me. The cost of living in america with healthcare is just too high.
- tediousdemise 5y agoYup. It's no wonder why medical tourism is such a big thing. Why pay 10 thousand dollars a month for [insert any random drug here] in the United States, when you can buy a roundtrip ticket to France to pick up a 3 month supply of the same drug for less money? If you have a medical condition that leads to high healthcare costs, it's almost universally recommended to move elsewhere.
- bradly 5y agoI early-retired last year in the U.S. and with a family of five we pay over $2,500 a month for health care premiums and that still doesn't cover our daughter's OT ($700 / month), my compound Rx at $450 a dose, or my wife's therapist. It's kind of a strange because we need to pull out extra income to pay for the health care which in turn raises our retirement income which in turn raises the health care costs by reducing subsidies.
- brimble 5y agoIt sometimes seems like our medical and end-of-life care systems are designed to soak up all the savings of everyone but the very rich, to keep it from being inherited. What good is our higher level of income (than many other rich countries) if it's all just gonna end up going to hospitals, insurance (including supplemental coverage for Medicare), and hospice care?