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  8. Anonymous
    Anonymous at |

    Health insurance in the USA is no longer, and has not been for over a decade, “almost completely private and costs a fortune.” Under the affordable care act, nomads and self employed people can obtain comprehensive health insurance on a sliding scale. Often, for low income people, like a nomad just starting out, it is free. Even people making over $100k per year can but their insurance there and will still pay only about $3-400 per month. Comparable to the plans discussed here.

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    1. Nikki @ OutofYourComfortZone
      Nikki @ OutofYourComfortZone at |

      Hey anonymous – thank you for your thoughts!

      Speaking as an American and someone who lives a large part of the year in the U.S., yes, of course, the affordable care act is significantly better than the system before. (Though I might argue that it’s still quite expensive, it’s incredibly difficult to qualify for a free plan, and the “cheap” plans still have deductibles in the thousands of dollars…but that’s a discussion for another day!)

      That said, I think there may have been a bit of a misunderstanding here. The article itself doesn’t say the health insurance in the U.S. is almost completely private and costs a fortune. Rather, it says that the *healthcare system* is almost completely private and costs a fortune.

      Both of which are true statements (after all, more than 60% of personal bankruptcies in the U.S. are caused by medical debt)…and are thus why we recommend digital nomads who may be spending time overseas get a global health plan so they don’t get stuck paying out-of-pocket for unexpected medical costs.

      Beyond that, this article is for digital nomads want to work/travel in countries other than their own. In other words, we really aren’t recommending these plans for Americans to be covered within the United States. Most of our readers would be individuals who are temporarily in the U.S. and are unlikely to be citizens or legal residents and therefore wouldn’t be able to qualify for American insurance plans anyway. Not to mention, they likely also want plans that will cover them in many countries around the world, given that they are nomads. In which case, these plans we recommend in the article are their best choices.

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