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- 10 Janerato in Medical Travel | 1 COMMENT
Medical travel in the Caribbean
At the dentist ©^@^ina (Irina Patrascu)/Flickr
When it comes to medical services abroad, for US patients it is most convenient to travel to nearby places such as Mexico or the Caribbean. In a few years medical travel in the Caribbean will be blooming because of the new investors that come to its countries to build new hospitals.
Let see what are the advantages of visiting the Caribbean for a medical procedure and what can the exotic islands offer you what it’s not all about vacations and having fun on one of the sunny beaches.
… - 07 Janerato in Medical Travel | NO COMMENTS
Insurance providers and medical travel
Eye examination at the doctor
Nowadays medical tourism is accepted on a mainstream level thanks to numerous factors including rising medical costs in the US, cheap but high quality facilities appearing worldwide, from Mexico through India to Vietnam and people becoming more open-minded about connecting an exotic vacation with a -let’s say – hip replacement.
But what do insurance providers have to say about that? With these very fast changes they also have to change their policies and services to accommodate the new needs of their clients. …
- 02 Janerato in Medical Travel | 1 COMMENT
Under the knife – medical costs abroad
Inside a Bangkok hospital ©Jude Adamson/Flickr
The frustrating growth in medical costs in the US over the last decade or so have brought a boom in medical travel. Many of the procedures are so incredibly expensive that not even insured Americans can afford them.
But less sophisticated services are also a lot cheaper abroad leading people cross the borders to go under the knife. There are well equipped, modern facilities with qualified physicians and personnel all over the world, so why not? …
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