According to the US Census Bureau over 46 million Americans were uninsured in 2005. Rising healthcare costs coupled with overwhelming number of the uninsured makes one wonder – where do Americans get their medical treatments? A medical tourism phenomenon is a logical response of market economy to the imbalance between demand, supply and price in the US healthcare.
Difference in price is main reason for patients to seek medical care abroad. Without a doubt, many comprehensive medical and dental procedures are more affordable abroad yet the quality is outstanding! Many think that lower prices equal lower quality but it is not the case. The prices are lower not because the quality is jeopardized but because the healthcare systems are different. There are no third party payers involved in the process.
We want to hear from you: Would you consider medical tourism as an option for you or your family members? Please share you pro and con arguments.
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I read recently that insurance companies cover more and more procedures performed abroad.
This came from a blog related to National Healthcare Plan:“More and more insurance companies are paying patients to go to places like India for hip and knee replacements, bypass surgery, and other operations,” Richter says. There were 150,000 medical-tourist operations last year. It started with cosmetic surgery, but now medical tourism has really expanded because insurers can pay just one-tenth or one-twentieth the cost they do here.
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