Hi Everyone. Well, after 15 years the RV-Dreams Community Forum is coming to an end. Since it began in August 2005, we've had 58 Million page views, 124,000 posts, and we've spent about $15,000 to keep this valuable resource for RVers free and open. But since we are now off the road and have settled down for the next chapter of our lives, we are taking the Forum down effective June 30, 2021. It has been a tough decision, but it is now time.
We want to thank all of our members for their participation and input over the years, and we want to especially thank those that have acted as Moderators for us during our amazing journey living and traveling in our RV and growing the RV-Dreams Family. We will be forever proud to have been founders of this Forum and to have been supported by such a wonderful community. Thank you all!!
This is probably covered elsewhere, so forgive me - we are planning to change our residency to Texas in June 2016. We chose Texas over SD primarily for insurance reasons as my wife will not be Medicare eligible for another couple years and I've been reading that SD is not a good place for residency as to ACA policies, etc. But I'm now starting to wonder if Texas is becoming a problem, and whether we should just leave well enough alone and remain Missouri residents?
Yes, Texas is becoming a problem in 2016. In Polk County, which would be your address if you use the Escapees mail forwarding service, there are only four plans available on the exchange. All are by Blue Cross Blue Shield, and they are all HMOs. None of them provide network coverage outside the state.
Now, if you can establish residency at an address in a major metro area, like Dallas, you'll have more options, because the market is more competitive. We discovered this recently as we started researching options for 2016, when we plan to start full-time in. We are now thinking that we are going to use our sons apartment address, and have him forward our mail. At his ZIP Code, there are 64 different plans on the exchange that we can pick from.
If you haven't already done so, here are two excellent resources you should read:
RVerInsurance.com’s RVer Guide to ACA Open Enrollment 2016: https://www.rverinsurance.com/uncategorized/rver-guide-to-2016-aca-open-enrollment/
Technomadia’s Healthcare & Health Insurance for Full Time RVers (Updated for the Affordable Care Act): http://www.technomadia.com/2013/11/chapter-12-healthcare-and-staying-healthy-on-the-road-2/
Also, the folks at RVerInsurance.com are super knowledgeable and helpful, and their services to help you find the best coverage for you cost you nothing.
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David & Cheryl 2013 Heartland Landmark San Antonio 2012 Ford F-450 Lariat
If you have a really good healthcare plan you might want to consider staying in the state you are in. As much as these plans are fluctuating every year, your annual state tax might be worth not having to deal with it. We chose Florida and so far we are ok, but that could change at any time.