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Expats Getting on Medicare PART A, B, and D Returning to USA Without a Permanent Residence

This blog is for Expats trying to navigate getting Medicare enrollment started while living outside the US. Here is some good information to start with; Getting on part D seems the most onerous and how to buy individual part D plans per state with each list of available meds, deductibles and med and plan costs etc.  Is it really worth it to leave your foreign home as an Expat and return to America for Medicare? UPDATE March 22.2020 ; I've lived in Thailand since 2006. After looking at all the potential places to move back to in America I am now considering Hollywood Florida. But everything is on hold until the we figure out this horrible Virus that is attacking the entire world. I had a lacunar stroke in Oct 2017. It's a warning stroke and so far I doing ok but have post stroke neuralgia attacks, chronic insomnia and must take a lot of medication. I've decided the best plan is to get on Medicare because it has much better  comprehensive  coverage;  there's no up