Posts Tagged ‘healthcare’
Retirees considering moving abroad don’t need to be concerned about health care costs. Some top retirement destinations offer high-quality healthcare from as little as $30 per person per month, a new report from InternationalLiving.com has found. The report profiles seven destinations with high-quality, low-cost health care. Costa Rica In Costa Rica, expats can take advantage [...]
The Ministry of Health in Kuwait has announced plans for an increase in the salaries of non-Kuwaiti doctors in recognition of their massive contributions to the country’s healthcare sector, reports Al-Anba Daily. The salary hike will apply to doctors who have worked for the Health Ministry for more than five years. The increase for registrars [...]
The world’s fourth most populous nation is in a race to deliver universal health care by 2014. This is triggering major spending on health care provisions and reform, creating opportunities for the private sector. The Indonesian government is committing billions of dollars to providing healthcare to its 240 million citizens by January 1st 2014. This [...]
A Gallup survey of more than 4,000 GCC nationals found 87 percent of Emiratis are satisfied with the quality and accessibility of healthcare in the UAE. The country came second behind Qatar. Despite the large majority claiming happiness with the health system, two in five (39 percent) would still prefer to be treated abroad. The United States [...]
Mexico has made drastic healthcare reforms and has achieved universal health coverage in less than a decade, according to a study in the Lancet (abstract). A national health insurance programme, Seguro Popular, was introduced in 2003. Its aim was to provide access to a comprehensive list of health services for the 50 million Mexicans who [...]
Since becoming a member of the European Union in 2007 Bulgaria has featured more regularly on the expat radar. Ski resorts, beaches and low property prices have fuelled an influx of expatriates from the EU and beyond. While the cost of living may be low, when it comes to healthcare, Bulgaria leaves some things to [...]
With Spain’s economy recently slipping back into a recession. As part of new cost saving measures pensioners are being asked to start paying for their prescriptions. The plan aims to save €3,700 million in healthcare. Retired and elderly expatriates will be required to pay 10% of the cost of their medicine. Those receiving the smallest [...]
When China announced its new social insurance tax on expatriates (requiring them to pay into the Chinese health system), one of the most common complaints was that expats don’t use public hospitals. Access to China’s public health system was therefore something of a booby prize. However, there may yet be hope for removing the odious [...]
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