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Retirement in Costa-Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua

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Storch

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"Doctors bury their mistakes,

 

lawyers jail them and architects advise

 

their clients to plant vines"

 

If the doctors are so "good" in New York

 

why people are then still dying there in the thousands

 

on a daily basis? ( Some of them are already

 

brain-dead anyway. )

 

Probably because they can't afford the new Tesla

 

of their "good" doctor. ;-)

 

http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics/2012/table31a.htm

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"Doctors bury their mistakes,

 

lawyers jail them and architects advise

 

their clients to plant vines"

 

If the doctors are so "good" in New York

 

why people are then still dying there in the thousands

 

on a daily basis? ( Some of them are already

 

brain-dead anyway. )

 

Probably because they can't afford the new Tesla

 

of their "good" doctor. ;-)

 

http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics/2012/table31a.htm

 

Please tell me you are kidding. Almost all foreign dignitaries go to New York hospitals, particularly New York Weill Cornell when they are seriously ill. They don't go to the countries you mentioned for assistance. I wish you well. Bon voyage!

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In 2013 over 900,000 Americans traveled abroad for medical procedures. Ecuador and Panama are considered to have good medical care as does Costa Rica. Google Medical Tourism and you can find ratings. My wife and I are having the same discussion as I'm not sure this is where I want to retire. Like Rincon PR but that is one place I would probably be hopping flights to Miami...


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We're all going to die eventually. Won't matter where you are or how good the medical in the area might be. When or how is the question that can't be answered.

 

Storch, do what best suits you & gives you the most joy & happiness. IMO, that's what life's about.

 

I once read about a guy who was healthy as he could be, had a great retirement pension & 3 days after he retired had a heart attack & died. There's no guarantee's in life!

 

I'm not planning on leaving this country, but whatever I decide I intend to live life to it's fullest! :th:

No one likes to be behind the big truck, but it's better than being under it! 

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Costa Rica has decent medical care at a fraction of the cost in the U.S.  However, should you come down with some condition that is exotic, not typical, or wish to have the latest in treatment, then U.S. is probably better.  Insurance would be a good thing.  I have an ex-pat friend that has a leukemic condition in New Zealand.  Not much treatment for it there - not much more than take an aspirin and wait to die. Thus, he has come back to the U.S. for care and it's a good thing he has Medicare for it.


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No. 1: New York. (Worst place to retire!)

 

This is probably not a surprise for anyone who lives (and pays taxes) in New York City. The Big Apple is home to nearly half of the state's residents, and the city's high taxes and cost of living has pushed the entire state into the very bottom of Bankrate's ranking of worst states for retirees.

 

It takes a lot of infrastructure to cram 8.4 million people into New York's five boroughs. Residents help pay for the extensive subway system, police force, parks staff and other services with a tax rate that's second to none.

 

"Higher spending is the biggest driver" for New York's 12.6 percent tax rate, says Elizabeth Malm, an economist at the Tax Foundation.

 

Besides the hefty tax bill, residents also deal with the fourth-highest cost of living in the country. The government also gives New York relatively low scores for health care quality, and New York received low scores in the Gallup-Healthways' wellness survey.

 

The weather also can be pretty rough, with frigid winters and the potential for hurricanes later in the year.

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