10 best foreign retirement havens

In Ecuador everything is cheap, rent is under $200. You can have lunch for $1.00.  Taxis are not expensive; for a few dollars you can go any place. Ecuador is a very peaceful country. You can buy a house new for few thousands in a good neighborhood. Health care is cheap. Weather is between 40  to 70 degrees in Quito, Cuenca and Loja the whole year round. Guayaquil is warmer. You can live for under $400.00 per month. It is not a violent country like others.  You can go and eat at a restaurant and they are modern like any first world country. Transportation for seniors is 10 cents per bus trip.

I want to move to Thailand, is there a medicare advantage policy that will give me coverage there?

Or how about Guam, does medicare work there, since it's a US protected area?

THANK YOU MS. JACOBS, I own two wonderful houses n(I had built) in the Dordogne area of SW France and love it!!

The houses are located in the VilleFranche de Lonchat area just 15 minutes from St. Emilon the heart of

wine country.  Don't forget the bread and cheese also.  It is a wonderful place, very reasonable and has

easy access to many of the wineries, museums, châteaux and the unique city of Bordeaux.  The French

people in that area love the Americans and have a long appreciation for the soldiers' that liberated them.

I have a website and when possible I make the property available to stay for short periods,  , please visit it and let me know if retirement in the Dordogne is in

your future.  I had no problems purchasing in France and in fact was welcomed for having the brains to

purchase the whole vineyard area, 27 acres.  I think one just has to have the guts to do it and not just talk about it. 

I LIKE THE IDEA. MY MAIN CONCERN IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET TOO OLD AND CAN NOT DO MUCH ON YOUR OWN. HOW SAFE LEAVING IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY IN THOSE CONDITIONS?????.....​.......VITHAL PATEL

IF SOMEBODY HAVE DONE ANY RESEARCH, PLEASE, SEND ME INFORMATION AT PATEL

Every where is great to visit, but quite differnt to live there.   Unless you have a lot of money, you may only get one shot at moving out of the country.   These are some nice ideas, bus as you can see by the other posters, not all of them are viable for most.  Costa Rica, Belize, and the not mentioned Puerto Rico, are probably the most accessible and affrodable for regular folks.   Better look long and hard at medical care and costs.   I want to go some where, but if I have health concerns, I may be to afraid.

Immigration issues are totally ignored in this article; it's actually misleading in this respect. 

Americans can't simply 'move' to any part of the European Union; that French vineyard is likely not going to happen for 99% of would-be US retirees.  Ditto Austria, Spain, Italy, and Belgium.

Laws vary by country, even within the Union, but barriers are significant.

So, before you brush up your French and head off to apartment-hunt in  beautiful Brussels, check at the Belgian (or Austrian, French, Italian, Spanish, Portugese, Dutch, etc) Embassy nearest you (or online) for practical details - and be aware that the' practical details' may in fact be insurmountable legal obstacles!!!