I think that this story is a play for socialized medicine. Especially with the "rising costs of medicine" etc etc etc quotes.
I also think that...if the level of care is there, and everyone involved wants to do it...why not?
Actually, it's a hint of things to come, and a potential gold mine for India (especially if socialized medicine actually does come to America). It might be time to do a little research on investment in healthcare-related companies there ...
India, with it's modern, western trained doctors and health care, is becoming a sort of health care retreat for many.
There's stories of people in Britain who are facing months to year long waits for medical treatment like bypass surgery or even some cancers, are travelling to India for less expensive, but equal if not better care. Their only other option is to pay x10-100 more to have it sone outside the system in the UK.
Socialized medicine would have kept them here at taxpayers’ expense. Sounds like a plan to me.
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I don't think so. The guy moved his parents there and went with them. He did it to be responsible -- and if the story's to be believed, he made a good decision.
If it were a "play" for socialized medicine, it would have centered on all the elderly who divest themselves of their assets to qualify for Medicaid. We have a real problem here and this guy found a free-market solution.
It hardly glorified socialism.