[fancy_betta]

A 3 month vacation to Egypt isn't free. Even if you can live cheaply, you'll still likely have bills that you need to continue paying in the US.

I guess this could work if you can sever all financial ties to the US for 3 months and still have enough money to live in Egypt, pay for the medicine, then come back to the US and restart your life.

[thenomad]

You'd need to take a sabbatical from your work in the US, rent an apartment in Egypt, and continue to pay bills in the US.

But given that by doing so you'd be saving $83,000, that still sounds like a pretty good deal to me. I'd imagine you can live pretty nicely in Egypt for a lot less than $27,666 per month...

[ryoshu]

It might make sense for insurance companies to pay people travel to and stay in Egypt for the course of the treatment.