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<blockquote data-quote="TheBigNewt" data-source="post: 1460089" data-attributes="member: 380756"><p>A better question is would your current health insurer cover you in another country? In the US an insurance company cannot use diabetes as a reason to not sell you insurance nor can they charge you more because you have it. They can charge you more because of your age and if you smoke. You won't be an American citizen but I think you can buy health insurance here. You would probably be better off buying your insulin wherever you live now and/or have it shipped to you here. With my health insurance I pay about 10 cents/unit of insulin, about $4/day. I knew someone who lived in Mexico 9 month/year and he bought insurance for he and his wife for like $1800/year, which is dirt cheap. I knew a guy who lived in Costa Rico and needed a heart stent and he paid for it with a credit card it was about as much as a big screen TV at Costco and got reimbursed by his US insurance company later. If you don't have insurance here healthcare is REALLY EXPENSIVE.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheBigNewt, post: 1460089, member: 380756"] A better question is would your current health insurer cover you in another country? In the US an insurance company cannot use diabetes as a reason to not sell you insurance nor can they charge you more because you have it. They can charge you more because of your age and if you smoke. You won't be an American citizen but I think you can buy health insurance here. You would probably be better off buying your insulin wherever you live now and/or have it shipped to you here. With my health insurance I pay about 10 cents/unit of insulin, about $4/day. I knew someone who lived in Mexico 9 month/year and he bought insurance for he and his wife for like $1800/year, which is dirt cheap. I knew a guy who lived in Costa Rico and needed a heart stent and he paid for it with a credit card it was about as much as a big screen TV at Costco and got reimbursed by his US insurance company later. If you don't have insurance here healthcare is REALLY EXPENSIVE. [/QUOTE]
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