What would stop you from RVing Mexico?

John & Angela wrote:

qtla9111 wrote:
Would it be the cost of healthcare, out of pocket expense, that would keep people from rving in Mexico? This has come up often. I wonder what the statistics are for people who travel out of their country for pleasure and suffer some type of accident or malady?

I guess universal healthcare and Medicare are great things as long as one doesn't venture out anywhere. I have read the requirements for Medicare and overseas travel and you would think that cheaper healthcare like in Mexico would be a boon for the sytem.

In other words, if you were to need a bypass, it is much cheaper in a private hospital that Canada or the U.S. could provide making it cheaper to pay for the operation in Mexico than the home country.

Hi Chris. I don't think that would be the case for us. High travel insurance would stop us from travelling in the US, not Mexico or Costa Rica or Spain or Morocco etc. No for us it would be more about travelling when not in good health. Of course we'll have to see how we feel about it when that happens, one day at a time. There are many countries where it is better just to pay the bill as opposed to going with insurance. We are currently in Morocco and talking to some expats here and that is common although many go to spain for more serious conditions. Also common in spain to just pay the bill as a foreigner. I haven't looked into it much but I suspect also a viable alternative in Mexico. We will have to yack about it someday.

Followed your blog. Glad you had a good trip. Sorry we werent there to welcome you.

TTYL

J and A

Thanks John. Canada has been good to us. Although everything is very expensive; gasoline, liquor, food. Don't know how people do it. The country is beautiful; Rockies, Kelowna, the regional and provincial parks as well as forest service sites. We will be back but via air in the future. Planning maybe a summer in Canada.