How do you view your Philippine retirement?

[bornatbirth]

the cost of and lack of heatlh care seems to be the deal breaker...anyone would be foolish to not giving this any thought and making provision for just in case

[Englishman2010]

the cost of and lack of heatlh care seems to be the deal breaker...anyone would be foolish to not giving this any thought and making provision for just in case

That's probably the biggest problem with going to a country with no reciprocal arrangements with the UK. It's probably not an issue when you're young, fit and healthy, but as you get older and things start to go wrong, it can be very expensive.

[Doc Alan]

the cost of and lack of heatlh care seems to be the deal breaker...anyone would be foolish to not giving this any thought and making provision for just in case

Completely agree That's why I started a thread 3 months ago entitled "When a relative falls ill" . Search health insurance.