Short term health insurance

Well, after 5 months of lots of tears and discussion we've decided to move back to the USA. I'll be going back to my old job, but I don't think benefits start until 30 days after we arrive. Has anybody recently used either some holiday insurance(through NHS) or a short term option. We will be near Denver. I've read that visa and passports are the only thing required to avoid the health insurance penalty when doing taxes? We are all US citizens. Kids and hubby are dual and I'm on a spouse visa.  Thanks in advance for any advice.


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I know that must have been a tough decision for you guys to make.  How are you feeling about it?  Relief?

I have a friend who repatriated last year.  I'll ask her what she did.

Well that wasn't helpful - she went without!

Relief. Yes. I used to wake up in the morning realizing that I was still here. It's not a bad place: just not right for us. Btw thank you so much for all the support getting us here. I got my visa in June and we brought our 90lb pound Newfoundland with us. We sold our house to qualify for the visa. Sadly our dog died 10 days after arriving. I don't regret moving. We needed to give it a go. Relieved we both feel the same. Kids are loving school here so that may be tricky but they're young.


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All the very best for the move back! And life will be easier now as you won't have the "what if" hanging over you! 

I know I've already told you this privately, but I hope you'll stay in touch. You do what you need to do and what's best for the family. Being miserable sucks.

Hopefully someone has an answer for the health insurance for you.

Thank you again for all the help you've given me. Good luck with everything. 

My friend added a few other bits.

She said there should be something available through your local authority (I am guessing county).  And of course there are temp cover providers.

She moved in advance of her husband (no kids) and she had two safety nets.  One was big coverage on her car insurance for medical.  The other was that because her husband was still in the UK and they still had their UK home, she said she would have attempted to use her travel insurance policy if it had been needed.

I’m pleased you feel relief.  Everyone should live where they are happy.

You're sweet. I've read a few of your posts to my husband about your situation. and he was like, where is she- let's go meet up and cheer her up.  He quit his job about an hour after I find out I could get mine back. Now we are off together while the kids are at school. Organizing the trip back. The stress of the last year is finally starting to recede.


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Thanks KFdancer I'll keep those things in mind. I had a feeling there wasn't an easy answer.


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You're sweet. I've read a few of your posts to my husband about your situation. and he was like, where is she- let's go meet up and cheer her up.  He quit his job about an hour after I find out I could get mine back. Now we are off together while the kids are at school. Organizing the trip back. The stress of the last year is finally starting to recede.


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Aww. I'm feeling a little better. Trying to stay focused on that darn CBT. Then I'm focusing on taking my theory test for driving. Trying to stay busy busy 

This may not be of help, but possibly it would.

https://www.cohealthinfo.com/

In a pinch, there's Kaiser?

I would be very wary of using travel insurance when you are actually moving.  Seems to me that as soon as a claim was made, they would simply declare the policy null.

The good news is that price comparison sites will generally present you with a long list of companies with all the terms and conditions neatly laid out.

I'm a connisuer of travel insurance because I need one that doesn't disqualify me for a particular sport.  Reading the t& c for many polices is interesting, many won't pay out for anything.

Thanks for the input. We talked to travel insurance: world nomads and they said it would work. The tricky part would be if something catastrophic happened you would get brought back to uk for care. On the other hand. I was told by connect Colorado that the policy would be based on my address etc. which I don't have yet. We have jobs but my mail is going to my moms address which is not in Colorado. It seems the travel insurance is the best option for the 3 weeks we need it. After that we will use my employee private insurance. If we got the short term insurance it probably wouldn't pay out either. In that case, would u rather be on nhs or pay out in usa. I don't see a great option.


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