Medical Tourism

[claraluz 2]

Heard an interesting piece on medial tourism on NPR radio. It seems that bandsters are not the only ones heading to third world countries to have elective procedures. The hospital profiled was one in Thailand which is 17 stories, state-of-the-art, luxurious, and staffed by well-trained physicians, many of whom are American board certified. They profiled a man who had no health insurance who went there for a knee operation and paid 20% of what it would have cost him here. And they talked to a woman who went for plastic surgery and paid $7,000 for a Tummy Tuck and breast lift. The piece did mention Mexico in passing, but nothing specific. Evidently this is such a big trend that they anticipate that insurance companies may eventually offer lower premiums to people who agree to go overseas for elective procedures.

Nancy

[the best me 6]

Now wouldn't that be cool? But, I'm not waiting on insurance...I love NPR, don't listen to it enough, even though I tend to disagree with most of the political stuff I hear. Anyway, cool!