Canadian Retirees Visa

Yepir. We were in Costa Rica with friends when he ended up needing two stints in his ticker. 35000 bucks later it was done. His particular expat insurance covered him for everything but the first 10,000. I think he and wife paid 11000 a year for the two of them for their expat policy. Expensive is relative to the budget but that would be on the upper end of our comfort zone for travel. They travelled for 5 or 6 years like that though. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. I would think If one is going to spend years in a country like Costa Rica it best to just do the paperwork and sign on to the public system. Residency etc... Quite common there. Great country. We know some who just self insure. Eg, 100,000 in a back account ready to go if something happens. Something to think about when the time comes.