Only problem with that is retirees have a high need for medical services, and those services become more sparse the further you move from urban centers. Many suburbs are close enough to make it work.
My wife and I are 66 and have no health insurance except medicare A, which we really don’t expect to have much use for.
We trust in the Lord for our health and our ability to maintain our bodies until we die. We don’t take any drugs and have no intention to.
Meanwhile, pretty much any doctor can set a broken bone or sew you up. And I’m 75 miles from a bunch of hospitals in Louisville, which are just across the freeway from my office. There is also a crappy hospital ten miles from my property.
...retirees have a high need for medical services, and those services become more sparse the further you move from urban centers.
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We are retirees. While we have mostly low-level, common medical problems, I haven’t needed a hospital for the past 8 years and DH just needs someone to re-authorize some basic meds.
Our former rural area had a local hospital run by a well-known state medical system and was 50 miles from 2 major medical centers. Transport is prioritized, both road and air.
In our new home, we have a local hospital run by the same well-known state medical system. We are, again 50 miles from 2-3 major medical centers and 85 miles from a world-renowned University teaching hospital. Both counties have robust aging units offering in home health aides, elderly transportation services and many programs aimed at keeping seniors out of nursing homes, except for short-term recovery needs. Again, fast, efficient emergency transport run by dedicated professionals exist in both locales.
Like most seniors we know, we are savvy about our health. We use several supplements daily that actually perform better than the prescription meds normally used for the indicated problems.
Our rural systems do NOT place infected patients in retirement situations filled with vulnerable people and also did not overuse mechanical ventilation even after they were made available.
We are safer, healthier and better treated out here than in any urban or suburban setting, mainly because we have actual scientific medical staff who do not kowtow to PC nonsense.