Question about healthcare

[peilthetraveler]

Does anyone know how this bill will affect American Ex-pats living in other countries? Will they be required to also purchase a health plan and if they are, will they be able to use it in whatever country they live in?

It doesnt seem fair if you had to purchase a health plan that you could never use in the country you are in. (Not that this healthcare was meant to be fair)

 

[ba1]

In the legislation as of two months ago, ex-pats were excluded, haven't kept up since. More problematic will be the test or definition for those outside the US, most of the the year, without a permanent visa.

Is that 6 months+a day, 9 months, 330 days (similar to the earned foreign income exclusion), or flat a permanent resident/work visa, a long term lease? Requiring 330 days outside seems draconian and that a traveller with half a brain is going to know whether medical tourism outside is probably the better deal. (ie US is last choice for medical robbery)