Comments on: From Panama, a Different Perspective on Health Care

By: joe

joe — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:31:45 +0000

you are an idiot. educate yourself on the facts before you start that wingnut blather…

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:59:13 +0000

Many refining plant sugar cane similar to those shown in the photos of the blog business in our region are still very rural, there was one on the floor, we bought a few years ago to become our home, we have recycled much of the structure in a small barn to house. translation services

By: Judy

Judy — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:33:37 +0000

Dan….can you help me find out if a medication is available in/near David…..I take Embrel…self injectable meds for rhumatoid arthritis….its the one med I need to be available to move to Panama…thanks so much for any effort.

Judy

By: tata

tata — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:35:10 +0000

yo estoy del lodo de ustedes

By: Steve Belosi

Steve Belosi — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:19:20 +0000

I am interested in living in a nice climate, with low cost and Panama has that. I hear for $2,000.00 per month My wife and I can live in panama very well.Is this true? I believe the health Insurance there will cost us less than $200.00 per month.Thank you for posting your information.
How is Scuba, snorkeling,fishing in Panama?
I am considering Belieze too , but it seems Belieze does not offer enough infrastructure., and
healthcare is a ?…We are looking at living away 6 months and in the U.S., St Louis, Mo. 6 months. age 52.
Look forward to your response.
Thank you,
Steve

By: egypt holidays

egypt holidays — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:45:22 +0000

In thinking about the transplantation of the health care system of Panama to the United States, without modification, as I did not suggest in the article, it is necessary to keep in mind that Panama is a very different place, particularly in the rural areas.

By: Jennifer in Marin County

Jennifer in Marin County — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:56:19 +0000

What can you tell me about the cost of living for a senior on only social security of $1200 per month – are there discounts on rent?

By: urbanleftbehind

urbanleftbehind — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:22:14 +0000

I’m surprised that VDH doesnt mention this, but the Greek health care system is funded by motor fuel taxes that result in $8.00 / gallon gas. I know they can be sh#&&y drivers but talk about taking sin taxes to the extreme.

By: Max

Max — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:37:10 +0000

Wow – social security taxes of 25% – seems like expensive “free” cover. No thanks.

By: Dan Miller

Dan Miller — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:35:15 +0000

This account of a “city boy’s” venture into one of the rural areas is well done and well worth looking at — even if only for the nostalgia the photos produce.

Many sugar cane refining facilities similar to the ones shown in the blog’s photos remain operational in our still quite rural area; there was one on the land we bought several years ago to become our home; we recycled much of the structure into a small stable to accommodate no more than two of our horses should they become ill and unable to be kept at pasture for a while.

Within half an hour by horse, and not much less by car, many such refining facilities can be found, still in operation. They look primitive, and are much like those in use many years ago — primitive but very well suited to their purpose. (We still have the wooden sugar molds like those displayed in the photos.) The refined sugar they produce looks exactly like that shown in the photos, and is different from the “brown sugar” one finds in the U.S. It has a more molasses flavor. As the linked blog article indicates, nothing is wasted in the refinement process.

It’s a different world here, and one which I have come to love.