does anyone else have a permanent record? do we all have one?

.. been on the other side of the escape hatch in South America a few weeks now. My country has national and private insurance, both won't pay for preexisting anything for 2 years, also no psychiatric coverage ever, but with vision/dental included it seems like a good trade. Red tape's been painful while being new to Spanish but, getting your point across while both parties are operating with a 3 or 4 year old's vocabulary can be hilarious/quite fun.

You can pay out of pocket for blood tests. Don't give them your doctor information, just give them an alias etc.

Doesn't sound like freedom to me

IIRC the only thing we needed was a physical done within 90 (30?) days of traveling to your country of choice for immigration (this applies only to the EU, because that's where we emigrated to) and honestly don't think they took blood work.

Is it part of your visa requirements?

Also, just so you know, you can go ahead and get any tests done because the country only accepts the paperwork you give them.