Boquete tops every Panama retirement list — cooler weather, huge expat community, coffee farms. It also has no gay bar, no sauna, and an online undercurrent that reminded us of small towns we already avoid back home. Here’s the math we did before choosing Panama City instead, and why we think other gay expats deserve to see it laid out plainly.
City, almost nobody cares that you’re gay. We’re a couple actually making this move, and here’s our honest answer to the question underneath all the others, plus the ten-item checklist protecting our own relationship.
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Traditional Medicare won’t pay a dollar in Panama. Some Medicare Advantage plans will — but only at specific hospitals, and only if you actually meet the legal residency requirements. Plus: the legal document every gay couple needs before one of them ends up in a Panamanian hospital with no right to be there.