Retiring in Bahrain

As far as insurance goes, you only really have a few options:

1) Pay the higher charges and live with that

2) If you have a global insurance which you got a while ago, use that for healthcare here while buying a cheap separate policy for 2 year only for visa renewal purposes every 10 years.  The global insurance or a pre-existing policy, if you got it a while back, the cost increases each year won't be as much as if you were to buy a new one at an older age from scratch  (because they have your health history and won't preload premiums for all the standard illnesses that older people have)

For example, I use a CIGNA policy which covers me worldwide and when my renewal comes up, since the requirement is to show a 2 year policy, I buy a cheaper one that is really basic..........doesn't cost much and use that for the renewal.