Domicile in South Dakota, but what Doctors

blangen wrote:

darsben wrote:
If you just plan to use South Dakota as an address only and not spend time there your question makes little sense.
Please elaborate on intentions and whether you are/will be medicare eligible. It makes a difference.

Just FYI... Domicile means making it the state in which you intend to reside (when you cease full-timing)... and forsaking all others. The OPs question makes perfect sense.

Anyone can domicile in one state and decide it's not for them and then domicile in another. When you cease full-timing you can live in any state you choose. Do you think everyone then moves to South Dakota or Texas or Florida (the popular domicile states)? You're not chained to the state you domiciled at the beginning even if it was your intent when you first started.

To the OP, please explain your question a little more. If you domiciled in South Dakota you're not required to doctor there. Full-timers travel. If you get sick you're not going back to SD, you'll get treatment wherever you are. That's why, if you're under Medicare age, you need to have insurance that will cover you in any state. With Medicare you have no issue. If you're buying your own insurance you need to do detailed research.

blangen wrote:

darsben wrote:
If you just plan to use South Dakota as an address only and not spend time there your question makes little sense.
Please elaborate on intentions and whether you are/will be medicare eligible. It makes a difference.

Just FYI... Domicile means making it the state in which you intend to reside (when you cease full-timing)... and forsaking all others. The OPs question makes perfect sense.

When one moves ones' domicile, all things are moved, drivers license, vehicle registrations, insurances, wills, address of record for EVERYTHING (banks, brokers, cards, IRS... everything). Yes, you can still own real estate anywhere you like but do not mistake that for domicile. For example, all real estate tax bills go to my address in SD.

Well that is not really accurate not everything moves: Banks, credit cards, brokers et al does not have to change to SD except in using the SD address as the address of record. For many of these things you may also designate an additional address, such as a relative.

I have often had a US domicile while living overseas with THAT address as my address of record...it isnt as simple or staightforward as some think.

If your medicare age you don't need a primary doctor unless you want one any specialist that accepts medicare will take you without a referral. When we lived in Illinois we found a doctor that understood our retirement plans to fulltime we still see him once a year. DW and I have both had non-emergency surgery while on the road because it was convenient. We just googled up the specialists we needed and selected the ones we considered qualified by their training and affiliations.

darsben wrote:
If you just plan to use South Dakota as an address only and not spend time there your question makes little sense.
Please elaborate on intentions and whether you are/will be medicare eligible. It makes a difference.

Just FYI... Domicile means making it the state in which you intend to reside (when you cease full-timing)... and forsaking all others. The OPs question makes perfect sense.

When one moves ones' domicile, all things are moved, drivers license, vehicle registrations, insurances, wills, address of record for EVERYTHING (banks, brokers, cards, IRS... everything). Yes, you can still own real estate anywhere you like but do not mistake that for domicile. For example, all real estate tax bills go to my address in SD.

If you just plan to use South Dakota as an address only and not spend time there your question makes little sense.
Please elaborate on intentions and whether you are/will be medicare eligible. It makes a difference.

Have a look at Liberty Health Share It is one of the three or four approved exemptions to the ACA (Obamacare)

SD it appears is getting a bad reputation for poor choices of medical insurance. Many people are migraring to FL or TX for that very reason.