RESEARCH! - You Can Have LCOL + High Quality Healthcare

 What's become sticky are the blubs about great towns/cities to live which are affordable. They mention the quaint downtowns, outdoors activities and friendly neighbors. But, one category remains blank: availability of top-of-the line healthcare, including access to specialists. 

The good news, which turns up when you research, is this: There are locations which embed both: LCOL (low cost of living) and highly ranked healthcare, especially for specialties such as cardiology, orthopedics, memory, psychiatry and physical therapy, along with access to primary care.

Toledo, Ohio is among them.

The Wall Street Journal documents that the medium price for a single-family house is $235k.

In addition, a 685-square-foot apartment rents for $685, covering water, sewer, trash, gas, heat and air-conditioning. In that particular complex - Cambridge Woods on the Southside - rents didn't go up this year at lease-renewal time.

The healthcare infrastructure is one of abundance: Cleveland Clinic, University of Toledo, University of Michigan, along with easy access to primary care such as the Zepf Center. 

Toledo is very much a densely populated city. What if you want something more remote which is affordable with quality healthcare? Research will turn up options like Laurel, Montana, Morgantown, West Virginia, Pocatello, Idaho and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 

Sure, age is real in introducing serious medical challenges. The oldest of the Boomers, I just had been referred to a cardiologist. The University of Toledo Cardiology Center accepts my insurance. 

But serious also are the healthcare demands of family life. When your kid's leg is broken in sports do you have the peace of mind that it will be set correctly and the following PT will be premium? 

So, be caution of those glowing blurbs, both about locations in the US and abroad, where you can live on peanuts. That kind of extreme affordability might no longer exist in these inflated times, that is, if you don't what to put at risk your and family physical and mental well-being. 

In coaching I guide digital solopreneurs where they relocate their enterprises from HCOL (high cost of living) areas like New York Metro to where they can financially exhale and not fear being stranded in a health emergency.

Careers? So Over. It’s about Earning a Good Living. No matter what.

Complimentary consultation. No Pressure. Street-smart Guidance. Contact Jane Genova janegenova374@gmail.com.

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