To: Badabing Badablonde
I've read that India and Thailand are two places that Americans go for treatment.Having visited both countries all I can say is that I was scared silly eating the food and drinking the water there and would never,in a million years,consider seeking *medical treatment* in either place.
2 posted on
02/16/2010 7:42:52 AM PST by
Gay State Conservative
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To: Badabing Badablonde
Americans heading overseas to escape the high cost of U.S. care.Like Sen Dodd & Murtha did?
Yeah, thought so.
3 posted on
02/16/2010 7:42:56 AM PST by
Puppage
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To: Badabing Badablonde
What I'd invest in would be hospitals located on Indian reservations.
No HIPAA, no EMTALA, no Medicaid, no unions, nothing but doctors and nurses. No passport needed either.
4 posted on
02/16/2010 7:44:15 AM PST by
Notary Sojac
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To: Badabing Badablonde
I have taken care of patients (er victims) of medical tourism when they return to the states. They get what they pay for. And a lot more (diseases that keep on giving)
6 posted on
02/16/2010 7:46:12 AM PST by
Mom MD
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To: Badabing Badablonde
Once a cottage industry, medical tourism may be on the cusp of major expansion as governments from India to Singapore invest in state-of-the-art hospitals, vying for a global market. I suspect that they are going to buy an organ if they are going all the way to Asia or India.
It's your body to do with as you wish unless you want to sell an organ. The medical establishment in America has spoken.
7 posted on
02/16/2010 7:51:01 AM PST by
a fool in paradise
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To: Badabing Badablonde
They're interested in sending employees abroad if they can get similar- or better-quality care at a better price, Vequist said. Uh, no. The companies are trying to cut costs and going where the American trial lawyer isn't.
If my employer insisted that I go abroad to get my medical coverage that I was promised, I'd wonder how long it would be before they would replace me for even bothering to actually file on my medical insurance policy.
8 posted on
02/16/2010 7:53:38 AM PST by
a fool in paradise
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To: Badabing Badablonde
What seems to be missing from the article is that the vast majority of “medical tourists” are traveling for cosmetic surgery.
Fly to exotic local, get your face lift/lipo/boobs and recooperate in the pampered luxury of our resort. Fly home refreshed and remade, a new you.
To: Badabing Badablonde; RFEngineer; Kozak; Mom MD; Gay State Conservative
My Veterans Affairs physician is from India. When I asked him about a gastric bypass, he suggested I fly to Bombay/Mumbai where I would receive first class care, a private room, a full-time nurse and American-trained surgeons to do the operation for about 5% of what it would cost in Mexico, much less the United States! BTW, the VA only does the operation in two localities (Pittsburg and Dallas) and you have to be a patient at those hospitals and get on a long waiting list.
30 posted on
02/16/2010 9:50:56 AM PST by
2ndDivisionVet
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