About Snorkler

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Spain: Health Insurance Poviders:

Good question! We will be facing this soon after a move from the US to,Barcelona

Spain: Where to buy in Spain???:

It seems like a naive question since no one knows you here and you offer scant clues. But the real naivety seems to me to want to buy rather than rent when you are still unsure about where it is you want to settle. My advice: rent for a year at least.

Spain: Lots Of Advice Please!!:

Great advice OldPro. Your answer should be posted on every blog concerning this subject.

Spain: Americans retired in Spain and Medicare Part B:

Yes, I am very interested in what other retirees have done with their Part B plan. I am moving to Spain at the end of the year and am planning on dropping it. The further I can get from the American healthcare system the better, I feel. Do many of you share that view? Am I being too radical?

Spain: Hola Spain:

Yes. Interested In your article on pet moving. I'm familiar with the subject in your insightful blog. We are bringing our mini Schnauzer to Spain when we begin our residency late this year (Barcelona). Thanks. twomoonmusic@yahoo.com

Spain: VPN (netflix):

I like information like this. Tunnelbear should work also. You just pick what country you would like to pretend you are in. It is a subscription service.

Spain: International health insurance for U.S. seniors:

We are 65 and want to retire to Spain with intention of getting our residency. We need some information on the best insurance to be covered in Spain. Our Medicare won't cover us in Spain. What has been the experiences of others in this situation.

Spain: Retirement in Spain/in our 60's/from US:

We are in our sixties and on a similar path. We have chosen Barcelona to retire in (2017). After many visits it is easily one of the best big cities one could retire in. Parks, benches everywhere. Lots of fun. Consider. But I want to address the nuts and bolts of your query. I am in correspondence with an American couple living in the southern part. Our topic was insurance. I quote the husband, "To satisfy our Visa requirement of having a full year of health care before we got approved to go we had to use a sort of travel insurance product. It was quite handy as we prepaid for the whole year and could then just download the specific paperwork in Spanish that is needed to submit to the consulate. Once here, we got onto a full real insurance program that only costs 1000 Euros per year for both of us. That is with dental, no deductible and 8 Euro co-payments. We then cancelled the old one a got our money back for the difference. If you want the specifics I can look it up." I wanted more specifics and he wrote, "Ok...we worked with (name withheld) at eGlobalHealth Insurers Agency, LLC. He is out of Missouri but they have a strong web presence. Like I said, we paid just over 2K up front for the years worth of their product and that allowed us to download all the right documentation in Spanish. Really easy. Then, once we got our private insurance set up we emailed him to cancel what we hadn't used (we were here about two months before we got to this) and they refunded our money minus those two months." How's that for information? I also feel like there is not enough stuff like this on expatexchange. These things are so important. Cheers and good luck.

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