I have already scheduled appointments with: dentist for Noah and me, chiropractor, haircuts for all four of us, and pediatrician for all three kids. I have emailed and am waiting for responses from the pediatric dentist.
I have requested medical records from everybody and I’ll be picking them up all over the bay.
Check all the boxes.
I need to message massage therapist too, but I’m waiting until some other stuff falls into place first.
We need to find out what day we need to go to San Francisco to start the visa application process. Apparently we must do it inside our home country and that means we have to do it in August. Then we will bebop over to the UK in between Bangkok and Taipei to process documents. We won’t land in our permanent home until January.
Things shift, yo.
Seems wise to do all the basic maintenance stuff in the US with our old providers so that we have a runway of not needing any services for a while as we figure out a GP and all the other providers here.
And more logistics are incoming. Woof.
Once you are legally resident in the UK you will be covered by the National Health Service. I’ve found that to be good in the past, but it tends to get worse when the Conservatives are in power, so I don’t know the current state. It varies by region as well. You may want to get top-up insurance from BUPA. Private health insurance and private treatment is not that expensive because it is competing with a tax supported government service.
I am pretty sure that we will get supplemental insurance and I’ve had good experiences so far. But I still would rather have time to slowly find my way into society rather than showing up and saying, “All my basic maintenance appointments should have been 3 months ago, get hopping!”
PS, the National Health service will treat you first, and ask about coverage later, so if you have to see a doctor urgently just go and see one.
Yup. We’ve actually been to the local hospital once already. What we’ve seen suggests that even without insurance it *still* compares favorably to the US, often the US *with* insurance.
PPS Paula sends her love.
Yay! Much love to Paula
While you’re in CA will there be time to see people (who come to you obviously)?
Yes ma’am! I expect we will be announcing a few ways to see us, both meals and out-in-public meetings. I’d like to make it to a munch or two if I can. 🙂