Posted on 06/21/2014 9:26:58 AM PDT by blam
Harrison Jacobs
June 20, 2014
For Americans looking to mix in a little dental work with their vacations, there is no better place than Vicente Guerrero, a small Mexican border town better known by its nickname: Los Algodones (translation: Molar City).
Mexico is a top destination for so-called medical tourists from the United States who go South of the Border for significantly cheaper dental work, eyeglasses, plastic surgery, and prescription drugs. In Los Algodones, some 350 dentists work within a few blocks of the city center, NPR recently reported.
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My wife and I go to Costa Rica for our dental work. Been doing that for several years now, and it’s well worth it.
15 years ago when we were stationed in Yuma, we’d jump over to Algodones for antibiotics and Tequila. Whenever the squadron was having a party, Algodones was much cheaper than anywhere in Yuma. Until they release our Marine, no decent American should step foot in Mexico. In fact, we should have a waiting period the exact duration of his captivity that starts once he is back home.
jmho
Yes
If you want to know why many Hispanics in the South Texas, and other Southwestern areas of the US don’t have insurance, THIS IS WHY. They simply go south, get cheap healthcare (which is probably decent quality) and they’re done with it.
We didn’t need Obamacare for them - what we needed was a way to bring down the US cost, at least somewhat.
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