Public Health Care Options in Mexico 

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Many years ago I got sick in Durango and my husband took me to the emergency, and they took me in with no charge, and I visited the clinic for like two weeks, and still didn't charge me, they didn't give me some of the medications because they didn't have it but we bought it at pharmacy at a very reasonable price. I love Mexico we just bought a house and we're moving there this year!😍

I had IMSSI hate private healthcare they rip you off IMSS is the best care and there’s no profit motive so you get very good care. Have been to ER many times. Usually for heat stroke. Love to chat sometimes. I lived there 15 years and have dealt with just about every agency in Mexico.

I absolutely appreciate your time you put in making your videos as we get ready to make the move final 🤗

Mexico has a good health system. Also has very good doctors. For tourists or people who do not have documents to live in Mexico, if the health problem is not serious, any private or public clinic can attend, with an affordable cost. Except for the IMSS or ISSSTE clinics, these clinics are only intended for workers who make their contributions. But if you want to go to big and luxury hospital is up to you.

I have met people who went to Mexico and other places as dental tourists. They said that they could spend weeks and privately pay for less than the cost of just the procedure in the US.

I got more information about public health care from this video than I've been able to find on any other ex-pat vlog for the past three years. Looking forward to the private health care video. Thanks so much.

Great information, just a few observations. By law, employers, as part of the benefits, are required to register their employees with the IMSS (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social). The way it works is that the employer pays the fee by taking a percentage of the employee's salary. Every time a worker needs medical attention, he needs to go to any IMSS clinic or hospital and you no longer need to pay anything for services or medicines. It works the same in the ISSSTE, that only for public workers. In the case of INSABI (Health Institute for Wellbeing), as you mentioned, it is for those who do not have social security, but it was also thought for temporary workers. INSABI was created a little less than two years ago and its function is that the clinics have the best facilities and medical equipment and free medicines. The current government is strengthening the public health system, which past neoliberal governments allowed it to deteriorate in order to privatize it.

Great information. Straight to the point. Love it. Thank you.

Wow. After dozens of interweb searches, hours of reading and watching videos...Paul encapsulates it in minutes. THANK YOU - and some great comments by your subs, too. These really help my PLANNING for my retirement - get my head out of the clouds and get some specifics down on my worksheet so I'm far better prepared. Thank you!

Thanks again for all the info in your videos. Great presentation.

Hi Paul! Greg from Southern California here. As a recently retired LE commander and traveler to Mexico for the past 30 years, your content is informative and excellent! Please keep it up! Thanks!

Like always, exelent video, Paul.✌️

Awesome...thanks for the information looking forward to the private healthcare video.

Wooow amazing vídeo si useful information for all the foreignes living in México.

Thank you for mentioning all the options, I'm looking forward to the next video too. You are always the best place for information whether it's your vlog or blog you make things easy to understand.

So very clear and valuable. Thank You!

Thanks Paul. Informative as always. I enjoy that your video are concise yet jam backed with info on 1 topic. Not overwhelming, educational.

Good intel as always! 👍 Looking forward to the private insurance video. The system here is overwhelmed here too, and the doctors, when you can actually see one, have no time to see you properly.

Really appreciating your videos......keep them coming...I just moved to COZUMEL in July and you are helping me in so many, many ways.

Extremely informative, this is a great channel!

Thanks for this one too!!

Thanks Paul for your time. too make this good videos👍🐎

Wow that very good information, my mom is using this free insurance and was telling me that anyone can participate, it was hard to believe, so I guess she was right, thanks for sharing such a valuable information, keep up the good work

Excellent info

Recently my Mexican girlfriend in Matamoros was being treated in the Social Security Hospital and every morning all patients were sedated even nursing mothers.My wife and I have frequently used Farmacy doctors for minor issues and for some very economical Mexican lab work .I've even gotten my teeth cleaned at the Farmacy for 50 pesos.We just cross the bridge from Brownsville , Tx to Matamoros.

That was a really good review of my health care system. In my experience( I have artritis reumatoid) the general practice service is really anoiyng, takes too long wait . The speciality service it's great, great doctors

Thanks for sharing.

Great Video! I look forward to your video on private health insurance in Mexico.

I like your videos because not too long. You get to the point.

great video and very informative! You forgot to mention the state healtcare facilities (hospitals) that exist in all mayor cities along with federal hospitals and clinics they give free attention and care. With insabi now in efect military and pemex hospitals and clinics are open to all people and they are super nice!

Very interesting - greatly appreciate your videos.

It's different than Brazil. In Brazil we only have one, free, universal public healthcare system. Fundamentally it's as if we only had Insabi. We don't have a public payed system. If you want, though, of course, you can just go and hire a private insurance.

Thank you!

Good stuff. 🌴

,great information

Thank you for your Advice, I am planning to come down there from Uk in the next 12 to 18mths. It will be a big help when i make the move. Have a great day

Very helpful...thank you

Am really curious on the private system! Thanks in advance

nice job

Very informative 👍

Hey Qroo Paul, I looked for private care system information but seems to be you have not published yet?? Excellent videos and very informative and educational. Thank you!!

Gracias

I think level 2 is where things like diabetes goes. general routine care for a chronic condition? Great video. thanks

This year there are changes for us permanent residents.. look into that. And the prices have really gon up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love ‘em

México is incredibel 👍👍

As always, thank you for these videos

There are a few free instant COVID test sites that just opened throughout the Riviera Maya. The one in Playa del Carmen is located next to the municipal building (palacio municipal)

Also if you belong to the IMSS or ISSTE program you have the benefit to secure wife and children and also your parents(dad and mom) if you have them living in your house with you, they must have the same address as you in your ID'S which is called INE.

I had my covid test at a beautiful private clinic for 400 pesos, same price as a non urgent consult. Urgent consult was 800 pesos. Just a short walk from the hotel in Cabos. Couldn't have been easier.

I personally would never use the public insurance I have people in Mexico tell me you have a better chance of survival in your house then in one of these places I'm excited to see the private side I currently have simsa through my work in the us and honestly never use it I personally just go to similares farmacy it's less hassle dont have to schedule a appointment and cheaper and I have insurance in Mexico

Hello do you have a video on how to enroll in IMSS? Thank you.

This is great, thanks! Now can you do one on Private Health Insurance available for expats in Mexico?

Waiting for the private version.

My wife and I are hoping to purchase in Puerto Morelos next month. Do you have any videos in that area?

Paul... how about making a video on how the tax process works if you will be receiving ss or retirement money from a 401k... that would be great to know.

Hi we are heading to Mexico first of the year Mazatlan. We are finding it very hard to find travel insurance in Canada for the trip. Was wondering if we can buy travel insurance in Mexico for a Mexican co. We found American insurance for around $1500.00 but they will not sell to Canadian's. Canadian base companies are grossly overpriced ranging $3800.00 as high as $5600.00 for 4 months. Any advice you can offer would be appreciated. Thanking you in advance Garrie

Thank you for this video. Is COVID bad there? Is it safe to drive in our fifth wheel.. thank you for ur time I hope to hear from you. Also one more would my husband loose his SS? Thank you 🙏

My gf and her family said even though health care is free for citizens, its really terrible for many of the reasons you give in this video.

Are there any American insurance plans that will cove a American living in Mexico? Thanks

How does coverage work with INSABI if you supplement it with travel or private Mexican insurance, and how much does that cost in addition to free INSABI coverage?

I could not explained better &....I'm from MexicoLOL

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Paul, I don't think tourists can use INSABI.

My last understanding was that the Governor of Jalisco did not participate in INSABI.

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This is a really particular area/question, but I was wondering about HIV medication coverage in Mexico. You affirmed what I had already learned that neither private insurance nor IMSS not only don't cover them, but as you alluded to, it's one of those pre-conditions that gets you kicked out of the system. From gay friends in Mexico I have heard that HIV medications are considered a human right in the country, available through various sites in major cities. I would love to have that report confirmed, however.

Is it possible to find out if you qualify for IMSS prior to moving to Mexico ? Thx !

For a big surgery I wouldn't trust the private hospitals. The best doctors works at IMSS. Some of them work at IMSS and private hospitals but not all.

PESOS!! I panicked!

Would you do a piece on natural medicine available in Mexico? (Naturopathic).

In your experience how is medical care in Mexico? Are they as good or better than Canadian or American physicians? Thank you for sharing your experience and information.

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Sorry. 2021!,

Hey Qroo, what about cancer treatment? I’m working on Mexican citizenship. If I manage to reclaim my citizenship does that make a difference with public healthcare?

Do they still have the auto-magaphones running thru the neighborhood at full volume?

If you carefully pick your doctors, you can use the private system for much cheaper than even public medical care in the United States is. Public health care sucks in Mexico - *EXCEPT FOR IMSS.* They're very high quality. We use them .

If you don’t mind me asking how much did you pay for your apartment in Merida?

In Mexico you have to buy all the medical supplies for treatment ‘ it’s not free

To become a Patreon, do I need to use Facebook? I don't use it and just need to know if that is how you communicate through your Patreon status

You did not describe where to get the Cartas de No Afilicacion from IMSS and ISSTE.

Mexican sometimes mock their Healthcare system when they have no idea what they have. My grandmother needed a open heart surgery but there wasn't enough equipment in my home town so they took her and my dad to Mexico city, they didn't charged her anything when in the US such surgery could ost around 70k to 100K dollars, they also payed for her transportation and the hotel for my dad.

I am from Mexico, what are your questions?

I plan on retiring in mexico at the end of the year with my husband, who is a Mexican citizen. I bank at capital one and get direct deposit of my social security check into. my checking. Question: The bank told me I need an American address to maintain this account, that they are a American based company,and that i may run into some verification issues and not be able to access my account! Do you have any Information that would help me with this issue..i don't have any family or friends in the USA. Thanks in advance.

One Con of IMSS you forgot to mention: If you get sick, you have to call your "gate-keeper" FIRST. (Either the IMSS consultant who does your renewals, or your private doctor who also does IMSS work, or at the very least has good IMSS connections.) Sick gringos should not try to navigate IMSS solo, because they will need excellent Spanish plus a solid knowledge of IMSS procedures and resources. For years and years, I did my own renewals, because the consultants charge so much. I missed the point. What you are paying for IS NOT renewal convenience but the fact that they are all ex-IMSS staff, who know the org inside out, which is what you actually need if you do get sick. Non-obvious, Paul, but important...

Okay so what about people like me that has SEVERE asthma and now COPD. I'm on disability so I get social security, Medicare and Medicaid. Would I get free insurance and medication because I'm on A LOT to keep my lungs open.

If I live on a Mexican border town, can I just cross the border and be covered by Medicare?

My like you cenel

Why would tourists need an apostilled birth certificate instead of a passport? Do people go around with their passport "just in case"?

Whaiting for your video on private medical insurance. To many options to choose from.

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Before the pandemic México's president, Lopez Obrador was already working on a better medical system service for Mexicans, but now that the pandemic is under control he's back to work and opening brand new hospital with state-of-the-art equipment so far Nayarit, Colima, Sinaloa, Michoacan, and two more states. Do all Mexican citizens have access to healthcare? Mexico has achieved universal health coverage and its public healthcare is used by most Mexican residents. Despite this, the private healthcare sector has grown considerably and is driven by increasing disposable income, the growth of medical tourism, and a demand for higher-quality healthcare services. DE NADA!

The fact that Americans mostly don't know that Mexico has a universal heathcare system, while the US does not is one of the failures of our school system and our media. The fact that half of Americans are not embarrassed that Mexico and Canada are both able to do this, but the great USA cannot is a failure of humanity in America.

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WTF!?Since when is Mexican Heath care free!? In public hospitals they always make us pay loads of money

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This is august 1921. IMMS costs a lot more than when this was posted. Twice as much. Yes!!

most cheap doctors in Mexico are ''mata sanos'' find out what that means.