Any American citizens who live as expats and are retirees, what do you do about

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8. Depends upon the country.

Some years ago we obtained permanent resident visas in Panama, but between financial/labor issues in the development
we were buying into there and having our house burn down here and then Obama was elected and we felt less need to
plan having a home out of the US. However, Panama does have excellent and affordable health care.

International Living is a good source for info on health care for expats in various countries.

Here's Panama info: https://internationalliving.com/2016/04/healthcare-in-panama-excellent-medical-at-50-off-u-s-costs/

We also more recently looked at Bonaire and if you obtain permanent resident status there you are entitled to use their health care system, although
if you have need to go off island for more involved treatment, you could go back to the US and use your Medicare.

When we were looking at Belize, we discovered that many ex-pats go to Mexico for health care. We did a two week trip looking at different locations
all over Belize, and one of our visits was to a clinic in Mexico--just over the border--and the ex-pats who organize the trip had been living there since the late '80's and had nothing but good to say about the care they'd received in Mexico (and much less costly, too).