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jwander

Jan 30, 2011, 6:06 AM

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Health insurance, IMSS vs. Private

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My soon to be wife and I are finalizing our plans for a move to Mexico in August of 2011 after years of attempting to plan our future there. I will be 60 at the time of the move and my wife under 60.
Will one or both us be eligible to sign up for IMSS ? If not, anybody have any experiences they would like to share on private medical insurance, not limited to but including costs and availablity. We are both relatively healthy and will spend the first 6 months in the Colima/southwestern Jalisco area. I understand the cost of general healthcare and the use of the high deductible in private insurance. Just looking for some general thoughts.

Jeff and Lisa

Mexberry

Jan 30, 2011, 7:07 AM

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Our decision whether or not to live in PV or Manzanillo was predicated on two considerations. One was the ease of air travel and the second more serious was the availability of quality healthcare provided by medical personnel who could speak English in a private and /or IMSS hospital.
In Manzanillo there is only one private hospital although I understand that there is private care available in either the IMSS or Naval facility. It seemed to us that if you want better quality care a trip to either Colima or GDL would be required. You may wish to contact pamela@healthcareresourcespv.com. Pamela is a gold mine of information on healthcare in the region. We decided to take private insurance , using a Mexican insurer (Metlife Mexico) as the premiums seem to be less, although coverage is restricted to Mexico. Get a good local agent.
Mexberry.

(This post was edited by Rolly on Jan 30, 2011, 8:46 AM)

hunteradvisor

Jan 31, 2011, 1:56 PM

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Thanks so much as it has been on my list to get insurance here, I will contact Pamela pronto.
Isabel
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leegleze

Feb 3, 2011, 7:47 AM

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We just discussed this on another thread a couple of days ago, where I posted the info I got from Pamela. Here's the link: http://www.mexconnect.com/...apsed;guest=35188273
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