Looking to emigrate to country with cheap healthcare

tightauldgit

Voyager2002 said:

There is a basic confusion running through this discussion. Firstly, there are many countries where private treatment costs much less than in the UK. If you want treatment in Cuba, India, Malaysia... all you need is a tourist visa and a credit card. That would be one option for the OP. In case repeated follow-up care would be necessary after the operation, a long-stay tourist visa (easy for India) and/or lots of air tickets should be included in the calculation.

That, of course, is a very different question from finding somewhere in the world where healthcare would be free to the OP. Portugal is probably the only realistic option for this: public healthcare there seems to be rather better than the NHS (depending on how you measure it) and is available to long-term residents. A British citizen can become a long-term resident so long as they have a secure income of at least Euro 1,000 per month. If the OP receives a state pension and/or could let a property in the UK that is likely to generate the required income.

(There are other gateways to long-term residency in Portugal, such as buying and restoring a house in the country...)

Interesting. I was very keen to move to Portugal but didn't think I could get a visa. Didn't realise the earning requirement was so low. Going to do some more research.

sheramber

I think the OP gave up on us a while ago. He has not logged in since 7 October.