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Old 10-25-2021, 09:26 PM   #36 (permalink)
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I'm betting on paid health care providers being more reliable than "free" care from relatives. Money is also mobile. I can get the same care for pennies on the dollar in other parts of the world.

For example the home healthcare worker watching my Aunt is $18 an hour. In Costa Rica they are $2 an hour. You could have 24 hr care for $17,500 a year or a bit more than a month in a US nursing home.
Yet another reason I need to get serious about learning to be fluent in Spanish someday.
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