“Now, in the US, you would just go to a 24 hour urgent care place, but where we were in Canada, the only option was the hospital emergency room, and of course we didn’t have Canadian (free) health care, so had to pay a whopping $1100 before getting a doctor to look at one of us, and hand over just 2 stout antibiotic pills. So, just a word of caution, if you are travelling to a foreign country, you might want to get some temporary medical insurance so you can get treated in that foreign country. Do most of you do this? I guess we figured a.) Nothing would happen, and b.) “it’s just Canada.” Boy, we learned that lesson now.”
Yes, if you go to EU or anywhere else as a senior, either a temp medical policy or an evacuation plan in case of major illness might be advised.
In most of EU, medical care is inexpensive if you find a clinic.
Even in the US, if you are on Medicare Advantage, some plans only provide for ‘serious’ illness at hosp emergency room = for heart attacks, strokes and similar. If you are ‘out of area’ you’ll pay hefty co-pays.
regular Medicare covers you anywhere in the US.
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