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Comment by billpaetzke | Hacker News Reader

Could you give more detail on your health insurance--what you have now, and some other ones you're considering?

We kept the insurance we had in the states before. Due to obamacare our previous plan was shut down (as it became illegal to sell lower cost plans like it) and we were put onto a more expensive plan. We're researching our options. But we may end up buying insurance in the USA and then supplementing it with World Nomads coverage. They charge around $50 a month and provide $500k emergency transport back to the US (where your insurance will cover you) plus a variety of other benefits. WorldNomads.com

Some of the other companies we've heard about are mentioned in this article, but we don't have experience with them: http://www.nomadtopia.com/faq-what-do-you-do-for-health-insu...

Sorry, I can't give a definitive answer on the solution, but this is an area where we're still learning.

This is all good info. Thanks. You should put your email, website, or twitter in the "about" section in your profile. I'm sure people would like to learn with you.

I invested a lot of time on this site in the past, only to have my account unceremoniously hellbanned, without warning or cause. I've no expectation that this won't happen again, so I'm not planning to stick around.

There are two types of health insurance. Insurance that covers you in the USA, and insurance for the rest of the world. It seems you should be able to avoid paying the excessive premiums required for the first. I'd also check the contracts carefully around 'where you live' and 'how long you travel for' clauses.

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