| Many are contemplating retiring overseas. It is much | | | | Moreover, if you think it is going to get cheaper in 2010 |
| cheaper to live overseas and economic conditions in | | | | you are not in touch with reality. |
| the US and Canada is forcing folks to expand their | | | | We lived overseas for 8 years. In 1996, my wife and I |
| retirement horizons. | | | | had Lasik surgery done in Venezuela. It was cheap, |
| Per Money magazine, 250,000 of us are moving | | | | $350 an eye, and the surgeon was an LSU graduate. |
| overseas this year...over a million are considering doing | | | | We trusted our eyesight to a foreign doctor. |
| so. The Social Security administration currently sends | | | | In Mexico right now, doctors will make house calls for |
| checks to 450,000 Americans retired overseas. There | | | | $35, a crown costs $200, health insurance is $270 a |
| are one million Americans, all ages, now living in Mexico. | | | | year...not a month, a year. If you self pay a private |
| OK it is wonderful that retiring overseas is cheap, | | | | hospital room will cost around $50 a day...including |
| $1,000 to $2,500 a month will give you a grand lifestyle | | | | meals. |
| in Latin American countries...some like Europe. | | | | Why is health care so cheap overseas? The short |
| Nevertheless, how about health care...cheap living is | | | | version is no one sues one another overseas. |
| great but what happens if I get sick? | | | | If you are contemplating retiring overseas health care |
| Fair question...America has the best health care in the | | | | should not be a concern. |
| world; bar none...it is also the most expensive. | | | | Want to learn more about overseas retirement? |