Do we migrate or not?... please help...

[Ginismedicinal]

My brother has a house in America. He lives and works in the Middle East, the house (and car) are just sat, unused.
We currently live in England, but I'm a single parent, my children are in their late teens and we are continously frustrated by lack of job opportunities, cost of living etc.
We are all feeling fed up, and my daughter keeps suggesting we just try and move to the US and live at my brothers house.
I do, of course, appreciate its not just a case of 'get up and go', but what does it entail? Is it possible?
Would it be too crazy to just uproot us all and move away... a big gamble, but then some people say the old 'you don't know if you don't try' etc...
I'd love to do it, but is it actually possible?

If you can get a visa sorted to make it possible, why not? The thing to remember is you will still be you wherever you move, and you're not trading countries for fewer problems but different problems.

That said, even if there were no visa issues in my life related to moving the family to the US, I couldn't afford healthcare and treatment for pre-existing conditions.

I was about to post that there was a reason why your brother wasn’t in the US and in the ME. I’d explore that option first but it not be right if you have late teen kids not doing much.

chiming in with others - sick of the aghast clutching of pearls when people mention living in the USA. Like everywhere you have to choose carefully BUT where I live the schools are EXCELLENT and college (currently considering it for ds will likely cost 20$K per year (including accommodation) as awards are pretty common for good grades. I have health care via my employer and pay 25$ to visit the dr. I can get a face to face appointment usually the same day. I’m also pretty confident that if I call an ambulance - one will show up.

The are where I live is safe, people are happy and community orientated and very friendly. It’s not for everyone, and I’m sure we would not be as happy in other US cities but please mumsnetters don’t generalise.

my children will have the right to work here, or in the uk but have already seen the opportunities here.

OP - the best way to get here is via an employer - direct hire virtually impossible but transfers are easier. Perhaps if you can’t get here - somewhere else in the UK?

Under the ACA you cannot be charged anymore than anyone else for insurance because of pre-existing conditions. This is another UK tabloid myth about life in the US: that people can’t afford health insurance with pre-existing conditions. It’s nonsense.

www.hhs.gov/answers/health-insurance-reform/can-i-get-coverage-if-i-have-a-pre-existing-condition/index.html