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Old 08-02-2007, 13:10   #8
bluewater
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Top of The Gulf of Alaska (Currently)
Boat: 36' steel cutter
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health insurance

Glad to help. I researched a lot and found nothing as comparable or as widespread in terms of network. When we head south to Mexico, basic medical costs and prescriptions are relatively cheap in cash, and dental is great, but we'll always want something to cover catastrophic illness. In a cancer scenario, for otherwise healthy people with a US address, I think it's reasonable to believe you could fly home and use your insurance as if you were just out of the country on vacation. You'd be committing to a move back to the US, but probably would be anyway...

On another note COBRA is not a good option for a healthy person. Way too expensive. The Blue Cross High Deductible is far better.
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