Expat in Mexico Update - Healthcare, Shopping and More [Podcast]

Podcast #161 – Marc Talks about being an Expat in Mexico after 18 Months

Description:

In this episode, Marc talks about life as an expat in Mexico after 18 months. He gives you an update on:

Healthcare
Health Insurance including Medicare
Voting from Abroad
Shopping and Safety

Key Takeaways:

Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2^nd Half of Life, 3^rd edition is available on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Powells.com, BooksaMillion.com, and many other fine online retailers. I am working on the audio version of the book but this is taking longer than planned. Look for this to be out in February of 2020.

Next week, I interview Joanne Webb, author of Desire the Skies, the First Book Every Aspiring Flight Attendant Needs to Read. Many more of my readers than I ever expected want to be a flight attendant, and yes, it is possible.

Now on to the podcast…

For previous episodes on becoming an expat please click here. We will cover the following topics:

Healthcare and Health Insurance
Changes of season
Voting from Abroad
Shopping
Safety

Healthcare and Health Insurance – Expat in Mexico

Marc’s wife signed up Medicare Part A and B but not D. The signup process was done via the U.S. Embassy in Guadalajara Mexico. We learned everything from the Medicare for Dummies Book. Marc spent about $1000 on his wife’s medication. Marc’s wife will sign up for Skymed for emergency transport in the case of a medical emergency.

Change Season – Expat in Mexico

Festival season is extensive. The major festival in Ajijic is FIESTAS DE SAN ANDRÉS. We went to Guanajuato for the week of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. We took the ETN bus line to Guanajuato from Guadalajara and paid for the tickets at OXXO.

Voting in the primaries. VoteFromAbroad.org

Shopping – Expat in Mexico

Costco of Mexico

Home Depot of Mexico

Plaza Andares

Tianguis (Street Markets) in Chapala and Ajijic, Mexico

Safety – Expat in Mexico

Real dangers include:

The Career Pivot Membership Community continues to help the approximately 50 members who are participating in the Beta phase of this project to grow and thrive. This is a community where everyone is there to help everyone else. Marc is recruiting new members for the next cohort. If you are interested in the Career Pivot Membership Community and would like to be put on a waiting list, please go to CareerPivot.com/Community.