Payment rant: especially for those self pay/Mexico

[swimbikerun 1,045]

It boggles my mind that for all the people who go to Mexico, we could PAY for the surgeries at the waste that is in here. Just sickening. I'd go for people paying for the plane fare, but we could pay for the costs of surgeries, including plastic surgeries down there. That would take some punch out of "surgery mills" up here.

Bet they would get their act together too, some of these ones are just money hungry here in the states. Jumping into it for the money. Really torks me. We could support good docs across the border, our own American people, and get them healthier.

Any one else agree? I feel a better use of our dollars is giving that and say a limit on plastic surgery after bariatric surgery ($40K limit, must be 1 time for loose skin removal).

http://www.realitybase.org/journal/2009/10/12/the-dysfunction-and-corruption-of-our-healthcare-system-its.html

[Stevehud 1,790]

i think youre saying that US surgery prices are too high?

[Brookea83 5]

I'm lost. I'm not sure I understand your post.

However If the rates in America were like the ones in Mexico, we wouldn't have to travel to Mexico to be able to afford it.

The U.S. Rates are ridiculous!

[swimbikerun 1,045]

With all the waste in medicine we could be paying for more people to have bariatric surgery, including those without insurance who have to go to Mexico because the prices out of pocket are too high in the USA. Shoot we could pay for their trips too. We could pay for some plastic surgery with all the waste in medicine.

Makes me mad to know that people can't get surgery because of $$$.