About dprombaum

Status:

Expatriate  

Gender:

Male

Currently Lives:

Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Citizen Of:

United States

Some Forum Posts:

Italy: Paying my electric bills:

CAP is the zip code, such as 41121 Modena MO.

Italy: Looking for a ride from Trieste to Salzburg:

You can find a ride on http://www.blablacar.com/ Dov

Italy: Dental and Eye Care:

"Does the Health Care system for Italian citizens include any type of benefit for dental or eye exams and/or treatments? Are prescription eyeglasses paid fully by the patient?" No coverage for dental and eye exams. You pay for prescription glasses.

Italy: TELECOM ITALIA:

Check out Fastweb.

Italy: Health: Annual Check-Ups:

"Are annual physicals routine in Italy? Are they encouraged or covered?" Yes, yes and yes.

Italy: Work In Italy:

It's very difficult to find work in Italy, period. The usual advice is to leverage the special skills you have, such as teaching English as a second language or translating. Your best bet is to start your own business. For example, if you could spend the year before you move developing a web-based business such, for example, selling something over the Internet or through e-bay, it would be ideal. If you would like more specific advice, you could describe what you're currently doing and why you're moving to Italy and, in particular, Bergamo.

Italy: health insurance:

@emilym There is no private health insurance company that will cover pre-existing conditions. You will be much better off simply paying cash for your doctor visits and prescriptions, which will no doubt cost much less than in the US, If you need to be hospitalized, the National Health Service will not turn you away. All this advice is based on my personal experience. In fact, when I first arrived here, I was a private patient of a doctor associated with a prestigious hospital. I asked him if I could talk to one of the insurance specialists in the hospital administration to ask precisely the question you are asking. The advice I was given is exactly what I am giving to you.

Italy: Medicare:

I can heartily second what Billklapp1 is saying. When I left the US ten years ago, I weighed close to 300 pounds and had diabetes from eating McDonald's in the car between sales calls. Since then I gradually lost close to 90 pounds just from the change of lifestyle and receive excellent care from the diabetes center of the National Health Service, The glucometer, test strips, and lancets are provided free for those taking pills or using insulin, which are also free. There are small co-pays for other medical services (until age 65) but the thing that surprised me most when I first arrived and wasn't yet covered by the health system is that my meds cost less here, without insurance, than they did in the US, with insurance.

Italy: My partner is Australian:

I don't think so... I think you have to be married.

Italy: Am I Crazy?:

I've been living here almost 10 years and I've never regretted the move. Italy is not an earthly paradise but, depending on what you're looking for, it can be a nice place to live. So, no, I don't think you're crazy.

Date Joined:

11/5/2001

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