re: Husband/wife off-gridding in Mexico. Very adventurous couple.

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health insurance

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It is Health Insurance. My wife and I had them for almost 2 years. Fantastic insurance. It's more akin to disaster coverage than anything else. There is a $500 deductible per claim, but if you are discounted $500 or more off of the bill, then you don't have to pay it or you are reimbursed. Because of that, it's better to go to the hospital than an urgent care, because most hospitals severely discount "self-pay" patients. Plus, going to a family doc is normally around $100, so until you pass the $500 threshold they don't pay for anything there either.

They covered 100% of my wife's pregnancy, and we got the $500 back. I highly recommend them.

Edit: For my wife and I, it was $300/month for the highest level insurance they sell. Which in this day and age is astoundingly cheap.