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We are French, and considering returning to France when we're older. We can afford US healthcare, but if we want a great nursing home... I don't know. More research is probably needed on our part. Also there's the family and cultural aspect of it - we might want to be closer to our roots then.

I'd like to warn you, however, that in some instances the standard of care in the USA is better than elsewhere, even in developed countries of Europe and Asia. My husband is a doctor, and we've seen how the US has very slowly and gradually outstripped major European countries in certain protocols and exams. Not all the time, not for everything. But it's something to think about. A wealthy person in the US will usually have better medical care than anywhere else.

Please don't be fooled by broken bones incidents in various countries. X-rays, resettings and casts are some of the most basic and easy medical acts - you can get them the world over, and the quality will be pretty much the same. But there are thousands of blood and other tests, and thousands of new or costly-to-manufacture medications, that are only easily available in the US! Many conditions will therefore not be treated the same elsewhere. For example, I'm on Synthroid, brand name of thyroid hormones for a very common hypothyroid condition. France does not sell Synthroid. The European continent mostly has the generic levothyroxine, which works fine - except I prefer and do better on Synthroid, as it's more accurately dosed.

It's a lot more complex than you might think.
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