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Spain: Health insurance for 1-year Spanish student visa: pre-existing conditions, Obamacare, etc...:

My wife and I are thinking of moving to Spain to Spain and enrolling in a greater-than-six-month CELTA/Spanish language program. We'd get an NIE and teach English part time. For this we'd need the 1-year student visa, which includes proof of health insurance. In any case, as I'm over 50 and she's over 40 we'd want to have good health insurance in any case. Currently we're enrolled in the ACA through NY — we have Health Republic of NY — and we both have pre-existing conditions (nothing major but things that need to be 'monitored' periodically, as they say). I saw a blog post that said trying to buy international insurance can be very difficult, expensive and often exclude pre-existing conditions. That blog said to purchase Spanish health insurance, in Spain. What are the best options for us? Thanks for any help!

Germany: Freelancer's Visa for Germany: some questions:

I'm a web designer/developer planning on moving to EU with my wife this fall. I've lived in Germany, speak german, and it seems attractive. (I'm a US citizen, as is my wife) The artist/freelancer's visa in Berlin seems a good place to start. • Would my wife be able to remain with me in Berlin if I got a artist/freelancer's visa? Could she seek work of any kind or would she need to obtain her own artist/freelancer's visa? • Is the freelancer's visa option available in other cities in Germany? (I've lived in Hamburg, and there's less unemployment there I think, so that's a thought) • If I were in Berlin (or elsewhere) on a freelancer's visa and a full-time position came up, would I be able to apply to a regular work visa without leaving Germany? • I see in the requirements for the freelancer's visa that if you're over 45 you have to provide "pension insurance", but NOT if you're from the USA. But elsewhere it seems to contradict that. Anybody know the story? Thanks for any help — if you have links for me to pursue that's great too, but first-hand experiences are best.

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