Larry
I saw the rent advertised at the Real Estate office 2 doors down from the EPS Office in Sosua. It is one of the local offices a DR named company. They have numerous reasonably priced places advertised there, mostly condo type and many under 50k houses for sale. Someone must know the name or I'll get it next time in town. Its above a small german restaurant, many posts out front of its building.
Mr. Mainer
Mainer wanted a breakdown on Health Ins., while checking the local insurance agent as well as asking some trusted people here we chose one for Mainer and the kids.
The insurance cost for her with kids free at this time is $1151 per year. This has a $500,000 cap and $2500 deductible. The company offers reduced deductible if one gets preapproval from the company. They will deduct $1000 off the deductible and provide up to $500 plane ticket if you use one of 19 contract hospitals in the U.S. These hospitals Range from 2 in Boston, including Brigham Womens, 4 in California, 6 in Florida, 2 in New York City, and 4 in Texas. Here in the DR they do not have contracts with the hospitals, if you need one they need to send a letter of Gaurantee payment (I'm told by Fax) when you enter hospital.
I was quoted approxiamately $20.00 per adult and $12.00 per child per month for local Health Insurance with coverage up to 60-70,000 pesos.
We have taken the International at this point, the drawbacks are:
you make the International with 2 payments per year minimum, no Aids related coverage
The local had to be paid in full for the calender year, you can do 50% 1st month, and 50% on the second month.
The International goes up about $300 per year for each 10 year increment of age up to 60. Then it goes up considerably. These were the plans we will opt for there are several out there.
Edited to add: The kids are free on the International Insurance until age 11. Also, Medivac is included.
