Real cost of full timing
I am nearing retirement and would like to RV full time, traveling the country stopping no longer than 30 days in any one area. I'm not frugal but I'm not extravagant either. I don't want to spend my r...
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was_butnotnow wrote:
If you are looking at a ACA account SD and TX does not have PPO plans offered for 2016. FA the last I heard still does. Which means the only plans in those sates are HMO plans and no coverage out of state when you travel.
Not true -- you have to remember that after the ACA health care place are based on state counties.
-- 23% of TX counties offer PPO plans, mostly by Scott & White Health Plans. I think a lot of TX RVers use Polk county (Escapees home base). Polk county has no PPO plans.
-- All of SD counties offer PPO plans, all by Avera Health Plans.
-- No FL counties offer PPO plans.
Typically, what people are upset about is that the PPO plans that are available are offered by companies that do not have nationwide doctor networks (like BCBS).
Look at Nevada -- no state income tax, plus Anthem BCBS PPO plans offered in every county.
