Good question. Do you have to be a citizen of that country to buy health insurance in that country? I live in San Diego. The company I work for offers Kaiser and SIMNSA. SIMNSA is a health insurance plan for healthcare in Mexico (we have a lot of employees who are bi-nationals and live across the border).SIMNSA is much cheaper because dead beats don’t get inside the hospital and there are no malpractice lawsuits. There is a new provision for SIMNSA that you must be a Mexican citizen to get that insurance. I heard that the Mexican citizenship requirement is new because of 0bamacare. Is the 0bama regime working to prevent us from getting health care outside the U.S.? There are so many bad surprises in 0bamacare.
P.S. I know the irony about citizenship requirements for health care in Mexico.
As doctors leave or get out of the profession the standards for that MD will decline and nurses will be promoted to do the things doctors normally do. After a time medicine will be like Soviet medicine thirty years ago i.e. a trade like any other trade. The best brains will no longer go into it. It doesn't really need brains anymore with non medical bureaucratic offices deciding on treatments and medicines permissible, and whether they are permissible.
As a foreign worker here I have acess to over 60 healthcare insurance companies.
I have a private company for my insurance,mainly for catastrophic care or treatment not available here, or if I need medical care visiting the USA. It is a version for expats, missionaries etc. who work overseas. $500 a month with a huge deductable.
When I reapplied, I was told I would be assigned a policy with “maternity care” but I could “opt out” of it. Even opting out, my premiums went up 100 dollars a month. But I don’t know if the increase is Obama care, or because the policy changed company, or because I am now 65...
No, I don’t have Medicare yet: They won’t pay the bills here in the Philippines. We use Phil Health for that.
I am not clear on your question. Are you asking about coverage in a foreign land? If here, well, depends on you individual circumstances... your age and health, employment status, financial resources, risk tolerance, etc. I gladly pay cash for medical care which is minimal, maybe two or three visits per year, with a major medical policy. Been this way for years during my self-employment. Find a good Internist attached to highly regarded hospital is what I recommend. When Osamacare care kicks in I will pay a fine and move along. Nothing onerous or complicated about it.