Japan also has this novel idea of proactive health screening each year, including all the bloodwork and ultrasounds. Seems crazy we don't do the same here.
As someone who just shelled out for an MRI this week, your 30 tests for 250 Euros sounds...better. (Just a tweaked back, not to worry.) Thanks for sharing the continued details of the benefits (and complications) of living in Europe! Love all the bright photos, Porto knows what's up.
Glad you are finding health care not only adequate and affordable but attentive and deep. I now have double insurance one in California and one in Europe. What I pay for a year in Europe I easy for a month in California and I have such a high deductible here that I have not been to a doctor in 3 years. I try to do any and all preventative care while in Europe and hope a bus doesn’t hit me in California. My husband is on Medicare and pays big premiums every month for all the extras that Medicare doesn’t cover. Like prescription drugs… you have to have and pay a separate plan to have prescription drugs coverage. The US health care is a disaster. Unaffordable disaster.
Ugh, what a pain! Do you simply go with an ACA plan in California and a private one like what Don and Hilary do in Europe? I'm getting my Italian citizenship and will be able to get Euro insurance, but if (when!) we live over there I need to sort out a U.S. plan for time back in the states. *sigh*
Right now we live on both continents with children and grandchildren on both. I have Covered California and a government health insurance in CZech republic. I don’t have any additional private Healy insurance there as I don’t have any big medical needs. I do understand in Italy pretty much everyone has double insurance paying extra for private coverage. If you will only visit US sporadically while living permanently in Italy you would be able to take out additional travel insurance from your Italian health insurance for short or longer travels. There might be a time limit to visiting USA because of the risk for crazy fees in the US health system. Good luck with your citizenship.
Japan also has this novel idea of proactive health screening each year, including all the bloodwork and ultrasounds. Seems crazy we don't do the same here.
As someone who just shelled out for an MRI this week, your 30 tests for 250 Euros sounds...better. (Just a tweaked back, not to worry.) Thanks for sharing the continued details of the benefits (and complications) of living in Europe! Love all the bright photos, Porto knows what's up.
Glad you are finding health care not only adequate and affordable but attentive and deep. I now have double insurance one in California and one in Europe. What I pay for a year in Europe I easy for a month in California and I have such a high deductible here that I have not been to a doctor in 3 years. I try to do any and all preventative care while in Europe and hope a bus doesn’t hit me in California. My husband is on Medicare and pays big premiums every month for all the extras that Medicare doesn’t cover. Like prescription drugs… you have to have and pay a separate plan to have prescription drugs coverage. The US health care is a disaster. Unaffordable disaster.
Ugh, what a pain! Do you simply go with an ACA plan in California and a private one like what Don and Hilary do in Europe? I'm getting my Italian citizenship and will be able to get Euro insurance, but if (when!) we live over there I need to sort out a U.S. plan for time back in the states. *sigh*
Right now we live on both continents with children and grandchildren on both. I have Covered California and a government health insurance in CZech republic. I don’t have any additional private Healy insurance there as I don’t have any big medical needs. I do understand in Italy pretty much everyone has double insurance paying extra for private coverage. If you will only visit US sporadically while living permanently in Italy you would be able to take out additional travel insurance from your Italian health insurance for short or longer travels. There might be a time limit to visiting USA because of the risk for crazy fees in the US health system. Good luck with your citizenship.