Health Care in Colombia Explained (Insurance Agent Interview)

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9 ай бұрын

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Health insurance in Colombia is shockingly low, so low you won't believe.
In this video I'm joined by health insurance agent of more than 15 years, Angela Berrio who's gonna tell you everything you need to know about the cost of health insurance in Colombia and the different options at your disposal.
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@AKJoel 9 ай бұрын

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@fransinigiraldo4695 9 ай бұрын

I’m a nurse, soon to be an NP in the States and the level of hoops as providers we have to jump to get stuff approved for patients is surreal. I’m also Colombian and like Angela, so proud of the level of care I receive in Colombia. I have the best insurance here but rather get my care in Colombia bc of the trust I have in them and the level of education they receive. Your best video so far. Thank you!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@AKJoel 9 ай бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video and you're so right - the Colombian health care system is amazing!

@AnthonyHinesnusn 3 ай бұрын

I'm a Nurse Practitioner in Los Angeles, Ca. looking to retire in Colombia in the next year. Which area of nursing do you work?

@FeelYourFire 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this! My husband (who just received his Colombian citizenship- originally born in Colombia) and I are considering living part-time in Medellin beginning next year. We are grateful for this video!

@AKJoel 9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Also moving to Medellin (even part time) is gonna be the best decision you've ever made - I know it was for me!

@leondejuda5353 9 ай бұрын

Las Eps funcionan como una aseguradora, todos pagan mes a mes una fracción de dinero, pero no todos enferman al mismo tiempo. Es un sistema "solidario" por así decirlo. Sabemos que pagamos los que estamos saludables para que en alguna eventualidad, enfermedad grave, o accidente, otros o uno mismo podamos beneficiarnos.

@Medellin1823 Ай бұрын

My girlfriend is a Colombian and when she injured her shoulder. The doctor came to her house to give her the care she needed. You can't get that kind of care in America. I think insurance for her is about $85 usd. per month.

@merrillkingston8807 Ай бұрын

I've been in Colombia for 18 years and have always been covered by EPS, with a monthly cost of about $35/month. I have been hospitalized several times, had multiple surgeries including cataract surgery and, I'm even having a lot of dental procedures including replacement of several crowns. Except for an approximately $1 charge for some medications, I have never paid anything outside of the $35/month. Healthcare in Colombia is indeed at least as good as in the US, maybe even better.

@majo9042 Ай бұрын

What insurance do you use? I am Colombian and we planning in the future to retired in Colombia but I am trying to get insurance from my husband and I do have hard time to get it. The reason we are doing now it this because he is almost 60 years old but now I am also in the process to get him his residence because one of those complementary insurance said that he he needs to have a visa in order for him to get admitted. So we are on that process now. We see.

@conversationclub8230 9 ай бұрын

I live in the states , i got a pretty good insurance, the deductible is 6000 dollars, last week i went to the hospital due to food poisoning, they took 3 hours to assist me and the bill was 500 dollars for pretty much nothing . the US healthcare system is a total scam. i've heard friends having to pay up to 10.000 or 15.000 dollars for an ambulance. that is insane.

@AKJoel 9 ай бұрын

You're completely right - being from Australia where health care is free, it was such a shock to me when I first heart of these huge costs of health care in the US!

@brightonshores 2 ай бұрын

part of why I'm moving to Colombia is here in Canada my knee's are constantly painful[6 Drs/surgeons have said I need dbl knee replacement, but won't operate until I'm 67!] I've stayed in Colombia for about 8 months previously & knees didnt hurt !!! must be the heat I guess...barometer has a lot to do with the pain also, coming in rainy season to dbl check knees dont hurt & if no pain in rain, start looking for condo/casa :)

@festumstultorum1462 9 ай бұрын

This is very funny for me Joel, when i was younger nobody, nobody even we colombians did not wanted to live here. And now everyone comes looking for residence, things have really change

@AKJoel 9 ай бұрын

You must be pretty proud of how far your country has come in the past 20 years hey?! What an amazing transformation.

@festumstultorum1462 9 ай бұрын

@@AKJoel The only bad thing is that knowing my country that is not going to last long, historically in periods of around 50 years we send everything to hell and the country plunges into violence for at least another 50 so let's see how long this lasts

@majo9042 Ай бұрын

@@festumstultorum1462You so negative 🙄 😒. Colombia is been growing as a country. I know it has s lot problems like Usa or any country.

@phalanxthaiboxing 9 ай бұрын

Good stuff!! I´m a Financial Advisor/Insurance Agent from the states living in Medellin and really appreciate this video!!

@AKJoel 9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 🙂👊🏾

@paullayton5513 9 ай бұрын

Angela is incredibly helpful -she is also very quick and answered my questions -I am an expat living in Medellin and recommend her for any person moving to Colombia

@AKJoel 9 ай бұрын

Yeah she's great, I loved learning from her!

@giuliagt64 9 ай бұрын

I'm living in the Netherlands and I pay €128 a month and that covers everything except dentist costs. I go to Colombia early 2024 but I keep my dutch insurance and they pay health costs in Colombia as long the treatment costs are less than the dutch costs for the same treatment.

@AKJoel 9 ай бұрын

That's a great price!!

@jhonnyrigaud6934 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for all that beautiful information Sir❤🙏 blessing

@AKJoel 4 ай бұрын

My pleasure mate!

@juanvaldez7633 9 ай бұрын

When I applied for my 2nd pensionado visa earlier this year, I was told by the visa agency I hired to assist me that my EPS Sura basic insurance was not sufficient to satisfy the health insurance requirement provisions pertaining to coverage for death and repatriation. So I was advised to purchase a supplementary one-year travel insurance policy at a cost of almost $900 U.S. - a policy that in practice in almost useless to me. I was successful in being awarded the visa, but I would have wished not to have bought that additional policy.

@AKJoel 9 ай бұрын

Yeah that's why it's always good to check with a visa agency before you buy anything - which it seems like you did.

@MrUnicornX 9 ай бұрын

This was very helpful, in the US through my employer I have a good insurance and here are my numbers for my wife and I age 29 and 32: $375mo $50 copay And $1500 deductible

@AKJoel 9 ай бұрын

The deductible is the biggest difference, in many of the plans in Colombia there's no deductible. Also insurance for someone your age is only around $110 I believe - so if you do the math over a year that's a big saving. Glad ya enjoyed the vid mate!

@theonlyconformist 17 күн бұрын

I pay $225 for my health insurance plan, which includes dental, vision, and life. Most of it is paid for by your employer. Those that are self employed pay more

@franciscorascon6025 9 ай бұрын

What about people over 60 that are planning to retire in Colombia? Can you touch on that? Tx

@AKJoel 9 ай бұрын

If you're specifically after in depth info about health care feel free to contact Angela, her details are in the description and she can help you!

@Acteaon 9 ай бұрын

23:49 I have a saying when that happens “ignore the ignorant” as it’s not worth your sanity to engage or convince otherwise.

@AKJoel 9 ай бұрын

I like that - maybe I'll make that my next tattoo hahaha

@Acteaon 9 ай бұрын

@@AKJoel do it!

@asbelgiang6284 Ай бұрын

Thank you for video!!! The information overall was very helpful, although is very much directed to either single young viewers or retirees. I want to move to Medellin and we are a family of 4. I got a quote for SURA insurance and it was about $450 for the 4 of us. We currently pay $400 in the U.S through my husband’s employer. I also got a little confused with the EPS because I’m not sure how you can go around it paying based on the minimum wage while also for example owning a car. If you have a video related to this, that’d be very helpful to know! Thanks!!

@AKJoel Ай бұрын

Hey! If you contact Angela (details in the description of this video) she'll be more than happy to answer any questions that you have 😊

@majo9042 Ай бұрын

Hi the eps is a basic insurance, you kind have to get a supplement insurance because the eps isn't enough. I am Colombian my self and now I trying to get my husband to get insurance and I talked to a advisor and he told me it this better to have a complementary insurance to get the care you need.

@viajandomundo421 5 ай бұрын

Very informative. I buy traveler's insurance when I go to Colombia for a couple of weeks. I would like to know if Sura, or other companies, provide insurance for travelers for short term stays in Colombia of 2-4 weeks.

@AKJoel 5 ай бұрын

Sura is only good for long term insurance - for short term you're better off using Safety Wing. safetywing.com/nomad-insurance/?referenceID=akjoel

@Dylan-kb4kj 9 ай бұрын

I havent seen the video but I know my Sura plan cost $120K COP ($30 USD) monthly for plan complentario. But if you want a "Poliza" which is even better insruance plan it starts at $300K COP and goes up to $750K COP per month. I also have a US plan in Florida under Florida Blue and I pay $40 per month but the co pays and the out of pocket is very high.

@AKJoel 9 ай бұрын

Yeah that's the main difference - in Colombia many services don't even require copay and there's no out of pocket on most things.

@majo9042 Ай бұрын

Hi where do you get sura for 30 dollars?. I am Colombian my self try to get enroll my husband since he is almost 60 and it costo like 90 dollars. Thanks

@kevtorry 8 ай бұрын

How is the coverage for over 70's...Thanks

@AKJoel 8 ай бұрын

You can contact the insurance agent listed in the video description for more details 👍🏾

@buckchile614 Ай бұрын

How much if one is married to a national?

@AndreFortier 2 ай бұрын

After entering my Email address for the free eBook from the description of the video, I receive an error "Error 404 - we can't seem to find the page you're looking for". I tried it three times with the same outcome. I received the Email with the link so that part is working.

@AKJoel 2 ай бұрын

You received the book but after entering your email it showed an error? That's strange, honestly I'm not sure what's wrong with it!

@AndreFortier 2 ай бұрын

@@AKJoel I got the eBook fine so it's fine. I used to do sales funnels with a few different software tools. There is usually nption to display a page after the Email address is captured. It seems like the resulting page in your flow may no longer be available so you'd need to look at the software you used to create your sales funnel and check the parameter for the page displayed after the email is captured. Hopefully this helps.

@AndreFortier 2 ай бұрын

@@AKJoel I used to do some sales funnels with different tools and there is a landing page parameter after the Email is captured within the funnel. I would suggest you check that parameter and ensure the landing page is operational. Often it's a thank you page to thank the person for providing their email address and the next steps (you'll receive an Email...) and also possibly an offer of some sort. Hopefully this helps.

@dannylopez1931 8 ай бұрын

Marriage visa is 2years for residency

@AKJoel 8 ай бұрын

You're right, thanks for that!

@DAT809 2 ай бұрын

US once you pay max out of pocket you pay nothing...example...my case I pay nothing for the year after 8k... bill could be 3 million dollars I pay 8k max.

@AKJoel 2 ай бұрын

Such a great policy!

@DAT809 2 ай бұрын

@@AKJoel If i wasn't old and married I would live in Colombia just for cost of living...women are beautiful...never been there but you take me on the journey...would prefer one women or just save cats...hehe

@wickman.r4662 Ай бұрын

How can I contact Angela for acquiring Colombia medical insurance. I’m now applying for renewing my pension visa.

@wickman.r4662 Ай бұрын

I think ‘Assist Card’ will fit my medical insurance needs for pension visa.

@wickman.r4662 Ай бұрын

¿ Does SURA provide repatriation ?

@AKJoel Ай бұрын

Please check the description of the video, here contact details are there.

@majo9042 Ай бұрын

Go on the tape of these video and he tell you all the information about her.

@JVvvv-wv7jb 3 ай бұрын

Please do not say only for nomad, include TEFL teachers

@georgegil6587 9 ай бұрын

$1,300/mo is cheap and probably for a single person

@AKJoel 9 ай бұрын

Cheap? 😲😲😲

@georgegil6587 9 ай бұрын

@@AKJoel not cheap obviously but it's a lot of money. What I mean is that that value is on the low end (under reported).

@twoheadedrooster9659 9 ай бұрын

That is definitely for a single person of 60 years of age.

@mathias2659 4 ай бұрын

Well, cutting back on groceries and nutrition, isn't that what health is all about?

@AKJoel 4 ай бұрын

Yes, fair point lol

@mypuppyrocksdt 7 ай бұрын

What is Angela’s contact info?

@AKJoel 7 ай бұрын

📩 You can contact Angela here: Email: angela.berrio@asesorsura.com WhatsApp: +573185165743 Formulario: angelaberrioseguros.com/contact/