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Forum: USA
Mar 25th 2014, 1:39 am
Replies: 72
Views: 5,603
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Health insurance, Medicaid and permanent residents?

Wow...this really seems crazy....makes me really appreciate how it's run in Europe and Australia, even though no one system is perfect, at least on either end of the Atlantic or Pacific, you get...
Forum: USA
Mar 20th 2014, 6:42 pm
Replies: 72
Views: 5,603
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Health insurance, Medicaid and permanent residents?

OK, sticking to my example since I STILL don't understand how the theory of income and tax reconciliation applies to the health insurance premiums for lower income earners:

The projected income of...
Forum: USA
Mar 20th 2014, 6:13 pm
Replies: 72
Views: 5,603
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Health insurance, Medicaid and permanent residents?

David, I assume what you describe here is the scenario where an employee receives his or her monthly pay check where the employer already subtracted a portion for income tax that will be paid to the...
Forum: USA
Mar 20th 2014, 4:04 pm
Replies: 72
Views: 5,603
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Health insurance, Medicaid and permanent residents?

1. I can relate to your sentiments. After my research into the ACA/O-Care/US Health System, in considering to immigrate ourselves (from Germany), I think unless you have (or expect) either a job...
Forum: USA
Mar 19th 2014, 2:48 am
Replies: 72
Views: 5,603
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Health insurance, Medicaid and permanent residents?

Thanks for your reply, much appreciated. BTW...I think new immigrants will not be eligible for Medicaid, anyway from what I read.
Forum: USA
Mar 19th 2014, 1:28 am
Replies: 72
Views: 5,603
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Health insurance, Medicaid and permanent residents?

Just out of interest...That kind of super low premium is after applying 'advanced tax credits' on your projected income or something along those lines, right? Because the real premium without those...
Forum: The Barbie
Feb 3rd 2014, 10:13 am
Replies: 57
Views: 3,203
Posted By whatsnext

Re: I've been wondering........

Then you are doing it the wrong way...we have never had 'dried out' food from the BBQ, in fact we have never had juicier meat and yummier veggies any other way, and we actually never had any of those...
Forum: The Barbie
Feb 2nd 2014, 8:40 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 3,203
Posted By whatsnext

Re: I've been wondering........

Many BBQ's with lean beef or roo, along with veggies (green asparagus our favourite). We also feel in love with sweet potatoes and mashed it quite often.
Then...the influence of the Asian cuisine...
Forum: Australia
Jan 31st 2014, 11:10 pm
Replies: 63
Views: 20,865
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Living on the Sunshine Coast but work in Brisbane...

Thanks heaps for the very detailed rundown on the Melbourne weather patterns - much appreciated. (not that the original idea of this thread was discussing Melbourne weather...hahahaha)

So looks...
Forum: Australia
Jan 31st 2014, 9:54 am
Replies: 63
Views: 20,865
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Living on the Sunshine Coast but work in Brisbane...

I have always loved reading climate statistics, too and bom.gov.au was one of my favourite sites, even while living in AU.

However, what the numbers don't tell you is the strength of rain (as in:...
Forum: Australia
Jan 30th 2014, 11:07 pm
Replies: 63
Views: 20,865
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Living on the Sunshine Coast but work in Brisbane...

Haha...love it! When you are saying resident of these countries, do you hold dual or triple citizenship, too? Must be complicated tax wise.. as per my separate thread here in this forum, we are dual...
Forum: Australia
Jan 30th 2014, 10:39 pm
Replies: 63
Views: 20,865
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Living on the Sunshine Coast but work in Brisbane...

Interesting convo going here :)
So you were saying before ^ that you intend to be spending 6 months of the year in Melb. (the colder ones...which means Apr - Oct, and the remainder between US, CA...
Forum: Australia
Jan 27th 2014, 11:49 pm
Replies: 63
Views: 20,865
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Living on the Sunshine Coast but work in Brisbane...

Nope, we left two years ago.

You were saying that your husband is 'hoping' to find a job in Brisbane.
Is landing a job there a definite, or is there a chance he might as well find one on the...
Forum: Australia
Jan 27th 2014, 8:22 pm
Replies: 63
Views: 20,865
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Living on the Sunshine Coast but work in Brisbane...

OK, the alternative is Redcliffe for you.
Forum: USA
Jan 27th 2014, 1:11 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,956
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Moving to USA or going back to Australia?

Weather plays a BIG part! This is our third winter back in GER and we think people here are delusional for thinking "Oh...this was a great summer, after all!" ... when it only lasted for 6 or 8...
Forum: USA
Jan 27th 2014, 12:51 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,956
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Moving to USA or going back to Australia?

Yea mate, this was a good tip.
Lets have a beer. :drinkingpals:
Forum: USA
Jan 27th 2014, 1:18 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,956
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Moving to USA or going back to Australia?

I believe so, yes. That is not a concern at this stage, though.


Tell me about it!!! :D
Forum: Australia
Jan 27th 2014, 1:05 am
Replies: 63
Views: 20,865
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Living on the Sunshine Coast but work in Brisbane...

Don't do it. We lived in Caboolture, half way between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, for a number of years. Wife travelled into a the city every day by car. This racks up 500km each week. Train was...
Forum: USA
Jan 26th 2014, 11:45 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,956
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Moving to USA or going back to Australia?

Good points, San Diego girl :thumbup:
I am a sales/marketing person, but currently trying to set up some online income streams from home. My plan is to not depend on a salary job by the time we...
Forum: USA
Jan 26th 2014, 9:32 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,956
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Moving to USA or going back to Australia?

Hi, thanks for your post, below my responses. :)




Yes, we went through the process of getting permission to retain our German citizenship, prior to applying for the Australian citizenship and...
Forum: USA
Jan 26th 2014, 5:26 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,956
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Moving to USA or going back to Australia?

Wow...what an awesome post. Thank you so much for the effort you put into your response, much appreciated.



We are actually not sure about California. I think we would love the climate, but not...
Forum: USA
Jan 26th 2014, 4:56 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,956
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Moving to USA or going back to Australia?

Thanks Pete. I knooowwww...we are blessed for the options, which includes the chance for the US greencard (expected by Jul or Aug this year).
I mentioned self-employment, because this is my...
Forum: USA
Jan 26th 2014, 4:51 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,956
Posted By whatsnext

Re: Moving to USA or going back to Australia?

Awesome and really helpful replies - and thanks for making me feel welcome on this forum!

I will reply to each post, but it's dinner time soon, but I will get to all posts later tonight. - Thanks...
Forum: USA
Jan 26th 2014, 12:25 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,956
Posted By whatsnext

Question Moving to USA or going back to Australia?

Hi all, I was referred to this forum by someone on another forum. I have already spent all of last night browsing and searching...such a useful resource.

My wife and I both hold dual...
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