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Comment on Earthquakes in Mexico by Driving Lessons Edinburgh | Find Driving Lesson

Driving Lessons Edinburgh | Find Driving Lesson — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:47:36 +0000

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Comment on New Immigration Procedures by Linda Ramos

Linda Ramos — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:56:03 +0000

I have a question ? Moving to Mexico with my Mexican husband in a year , I am American. Do I have to get this visa when I arrive in Mexico? We are going to live there. I have a passport but had no idea of the visa. Can you enlighten me further or point me in the direction of the information . Thanks Linda Ramos

Comment on Essential Skills for Expats 4: Contacts & Networking by John Schick

John Schick — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:28:19 +0000

There is a lot of solid advice here. When I first went to Mexico, 40 years ago, I was lucky to make a life-long friendship. During one lunch, Emilio looked at me and said, “John, you gringos are crazy. You don’t do business with friends. We INSIST on it.”

Comment on Essential Skills for Expats 2: Flexibility & Patience by Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:43:39 +0000

My husband and I built our home on Isla Mujeres 2 years ago and continue to add on or make changes. We both have or had Type A personalities. We adjust daily to the way things are done here. We are getting better at it. The reason we moved here was the culture and the people. We just had to learn that manana doesn’t always mean tomorrow.

Comment on Calderón’s Medicare Mission by Jim Kaszynski

Jim Kaszynski — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:14:56 +0000

Interesting theory, I just moved to Cancun Mexico and turning 65 in April .I would love to have medicare here.First of all I cant afford my prescriptions here I just bought a prescription for $ 65 for 2 weeks in the U.S. cost was $1.50 I moved here because I cant live on my S.S.in the U.S. It is cheap to live here and the beach makes me feel younger.Now on the other hand the health care system employs a lot of people in the U.S. So how many of those will be out of a job? Which will not help the U.S. economy. I would be happy if I could just use my part D drug plan down here. BEACH BUM JIM

Comment on Calderón’s Medicare Mission by Paula Sennett

Paula Sennett — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:58:06 +0000

What a bad idea for Mexico. If Mexico wants to become blended with the U.S., then that is their choice, but I would hope and want for Mexico that they want to keep their own national identity and not import US Medicare. The thought makes me sick. If this were to actually happen, I would anticipate that health care in Mexcio would do US style creep by gradually becoming more and more expensive over time. Realistically, I do not see the US hospital/doctor system allowing Medicare to be exported across the border. It could survive the intense profit motives behind the system. Mexico has lots of ideas about how to improve itself from four lane highways down th Sierra Madre to Steps of the Sea along the western coast down to Mazatlan. None of this development has taken place mostly because the Mexican government if too fixated on complexity and corruption that foreign governments will not invest in Mexico. Likewise for Medicare.

Comment on Mexico Simplifies Visa Procedures by Mexican Immigration Changes Coming : Cancun

Mexican Immigration Changes Coming : Cancun — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:03:38 +0000

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Comment on Calderón’s Medicare Mission by John G

John G — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:18:11 +0000

Bring born and raised in Canada, and living there for 61 years (under Canada’s Health Care System since it’s inception in the mid 50′s) I find it the most difficult part of living elsewhere in North America is the lack of a good code of Medical ethics that serves the people.
I now reside part of the time in the USA and find that the indifference towards the health of the common man by the Government, over their Capitalist attitude of corporate wealth, must become THE issue before it is too late and utter economic failure is met. It is coming here in the USA, and coming at a rapid pace. Why am I mixing two topics into one can of worms? Because without a prime object of health for the people, economic disaster will follow. Liken it to a toilet flushing. There sits a “problem” that must be dealt with. If you choose not to deal with it, it will become a worse problem and sooner than later, a health issue.
Not since President FDR has any President had the guts to face the health issue. Conversely, they ALL have made the situation worse. Who can honestly say different?
As this article states, equally good health care is available in Mexico at a significantly less cost. Who in their right mind, be it a US President or a Canadian Prime Minister not see the benefits of receiving medical bills totaling $10,000.00 rather than $50,000.00? What taxpayer in either country would argue the point? They pay for the costs?
Canada’s / the USA’s / and Mexico’s economies would be bettered!
Nevertheless there are too many US lobbyists who champion the US medical profession’s pockets to allow this to easily happen. It will take a catastrophe before it happens. And it’s coming.
Best of health to all.

John

Comment on Blood and Guts by Calderón's Medicare Mission | Mexico Insight | Mexico Blogs

Calderón's Medicare Mission | Mexico Insight | Mexico Blogs — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:24:41 +0000

[...] Apparently, Calderón raised the issue the last time he met President Barack Obama. But Obama asked him to hold fire until after US healthcare reform was passed.� Now that Obama’s reform is in place, the issue could well be revived when the two leaders meet in Washington on May 19, though that meeting will inevitably be dominated by the drug issue. [...]

Comment on April 10 Deadline Confirmed by Courts Keep Cell Phones Ringing | Mexico Insight | Mexico Blogs

Courts Keep Cell Phones Ringing | Mexico Insight | Mexico Blogs — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:43:33 +0000

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