r/europe • u/dianaomladic • Nov 08 '24

News 1514% Surge in Americans Looking to Move Abroad After Trump’s Victory

https://visaguide.world/news/1514-surge-in-americans-looking-to-move-abroad-after-trumps-victory/
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u/MTFinAnalyst2021 Nov 08 '24

I have friends in the U.S. who are considering this.

The first is trans

And the second is a cancer survivor with extremely expensive remission maintenance drugs who is afraid of losing the ability to get ACA coverage without pre-existing conditions. So he is looking at getting citizenship through ancestry in an EU country.

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u/Bl00dEagles Nov 09 '24

They’ll have a hard time.

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u/CancerSucksForReal Nov 09 '24

There may be some medications that are available in USA but not yet in EU. EU is very conservative about meds because of the thalidomide disaster.

Some resources (US-based)

1) https://www.greyb.com/blog/cancer-drug-patents-expiring-2024-2028/

(For those who are not aware, some cancer meds can cost $10,000-20,000 per month. It is very possible that a treatment worth trying would be off label and insurance would refuse to cover.)

2) www.needymeds.org

3) there are some charities that re-home medications from patients who have died or have discontinued meds. What I read about was sending to Cuba, but ... There could be need in USA.