Living on a Cruise Ship questionfor Americans

I have been to the States. I have also went from Scotland to England and then to Canada, but since that happened when I was very young, it did not count. I would not mind taking a cruise of two or three months.

I was wondering what would happen now that your new president wants the States to have a universal healthcare, whether it will destroy the private health care and medicare, so that if you decide to go on a round to world cruise, you have to be sure that it only lasts six months.

With universal health care, they do not pay for everything. We have people who in Canada who have to pay extra for the medicine they need that is much better then the one allowed, and some even have to travel out of province or to the States to get the operation they need as it is not covered. NOw think of what would happen if you get denied the medicine or the operation that would cure you. I mean where would we all go?

I hope he fails, that is just so wrong!

well they couold have that kind of passport . I would check it out farther to find out.

It becomes very cold here in Winter, so unless we go to Vancouver, the only chance of going someplace warm is going to the States,another country, or on the sea.

I can do that. Not that I would want to spend all the time on a cruise ship. It would be more if for instance, the government decided to get rid of the undesirables, and no one else would take them, like what happened in Voyage to the Dammed with the Jewish people. I have a good idea who would get persecuted, and so far the immigration does allow those who are persecuted to enter as refugees, but what would happen if suddenly the doors were shut. Forget about those who say "It will never happen" and remember this is a worse case scenerio, and it might happen. What if the borders were closed, and you were escaping Zimbabwe, and because of the president there, the rule said no citizens of Zimbabwe are allowed to enter any other country and the president of Zimbabwe says you cannot return or you will be tortured. I can also give you supposing on religious grounds, but you can see where I am getting at. I am sure, except in the case of an elderly widow who has no one or an ex sea captain who loves the sea, no one would choose to live on a cruise ship voluntarily.

We have Blue Cross, but do not know about whether having that would cancel our having to go back to Canada every six months. And I heard that America does not have that restriction, but I often wonder whether dropping in at the embassy would be just as good. I mean if you and I went on a World Cruise and then we found because of a war or an epidemic, the ship has to stay docked at, say, Cairo, for a week or so and you will not reach New York or in my case, Halifax before the six month period, you would be in trouble.

I think they would be understanding. I know that when we went to Blue Cross with our receipts, I checked their insurance and I believe there is long term travel insurance but that is from Blue Cross Canada, so I suppose we have to get back to Canada. I do not know whether dropping in at the embassy and saying, "well it's six months, so what rooms do you have?"

I would like to think our healthcare officials are a little understanding considering the situation, but I really don't know. The world changes by the minute.

Okay that makes sense. Because I would hate to think that if I wanted to spend my last years on a Cruise ship, the captain would holler "now we are coming to North America, all you Canadians who have been on for six months, you have to go ashore at Vancouver, the Americans can just stay on board and do not have to get off at Seattle!"

Us Canadians have to be back in Canada every six months or we lose our medical insurance. I do not know what will happen if we buy private insurance. It does make one wonder.

I guess if Obama has his way, you will have a national healthcare system and will be on the same restrictions as we do, unless they let you keep your private insurance. Does seem a bad choice. I know they have travel insurance, we got some when we took the cruise, but that is just temporary.