Healthcare in Canada

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gholroyd51Member19 January 2019 13:02:17

My wife and I are planning to retire in Canada (Nova Scotia) soon. I am 61 and a dual US/CAN citizen, she is 62 and is a US citizen. She will apply for permanent residency. We are both on Medicare and she relies a great deal on prescription drugs. My question is, can she continue on with Medicare by maintaining a US address and coming home for doctor visits? Can she have someone in the states ship her drugs?

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PEI RedContributor20 January 2019 14:42:18

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It might be better for you to ask questions regarding US healthcare coverage on the US expat portion of this site. I don't think Canadian experts can really answer that one. As to the medicine, most US citizens get their medications shipped from Canada, to save money, don't they? I might be misinformed. As a permanent resident, your wife, would also qualify for Canadian health care coverage. (I believe there might be a waiting period, depending on circumstances.) At this time, prescriptions aren't covered under universal health care in Canada, but that is being looked at as we speak. (Fingers crossed!)

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