If I, as an American citizen, were to decide to live there, in Peru. How would I get health insurance and how adequate, or not, is it out there as far as hospitals and medicine goes? How do I get covered for health insurance in Peru? Do I need a "work visa" or something else? How do I get one, if I do need one?
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Right now there is an dengue fever (I got this illness few weeks ago, as well as most of my friends). There is one variant, hemorrhagic dengue which is life threatening and there have been several deaths this year. The medicine in the provinces is at very low level, so anyone who has enough resources, when seriously ill goes to Lima ASAP. There are the state hospitals, from IPSS and others from the Ministry of Health. Everyone that works formally, gets insured for which some amount is deducted from the salary. Additionally, some better companies may include insurance in private clinics for their workers or you can get the insurance directly. I think one can get insured with the IPSS too. Keep in mind that the clinics may have much less experience than state hospitals as they see more cases.
