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Health + Wellness

Patients Turn to Medical Tourism for Relief from Bleeding Healthcare System

Talk about adding insult to injury. A New Jersey hospital has blood on its hands after charging $8,775 to bandage a cut finger. That’s the bill Baer Hanusz-Rajkowski got after…

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Escape in Retirement to Tasmania, Australia

Escape in Retirement to Tasmania, Australia Born in Sydney, Australia, and a city girl, I travelled to Canada in my youth for an adventure and ended up married to a…

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When Things Go Wrong: Healthcare Abroad in the EU

Advice on Unplanned Treatment Abroad When travelling to another EU country, be it on holiday, for business or to study, should you fall ill or have an accident you have…

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Costa Rica

Why More and More Boomers Are Heading to Nicaragua (and not Costa Rica)

Why More and More Boomers Are Heading to Nicaragua (and not Costa Rica) For many years, Costa Rica was the first name that came to mind when Americans thought of…

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Delivery Pains: Pregnancy and Birth in Expat Hot Spots

Delivery Pains: Pregnancy and Birth in Expat Hot Spots Being pregnant and giving birth in an unfamiliar country can be a frightening experience, especially if it’s your first baby. But…

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Philippines

Philippines The Republic of the Philippines is an archipelago and sovereign state consisting of 7,641 distinct islands located in the western Pacific Ocean, near mainland Southeast Asia. It was a…

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Living in Ireland: An EscapeArtist Quick Take

Living in Ireland Public and Private Healthcare If you are a European Union (EU)/EEA/Swiss national or if you are normally resident in Ireland, you are entitled to receive the same…

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Living in Bermuda: An EscapeArtist Quick Take

Living and Working in Bermuda Becoming a Citizen of Bermuda It is not possible for foreigners to obtain citizenship in Bermuda. They can only move there to work for a…

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United Kingdom

Living in Great Britain

Living in Great Britain Cost of Living Once you have to decided to move to Great Britain you have to choose to which part you want to move. Cost of…

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Asia

The Practicalities of Moving to Bali

Some expatriates consider it paradise and, as they might say, thank the gods every day for their good fortune of being able to live in Bali. Others arrive with high…