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Would you travel overseas for a medical procedure?!

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There are many americans as well as citizens from another country travelling overseas to get a medical procedures done (anything from hip replacements to dental work or cosmetic procedures,source International Living magazine).Cost savings can range from 15% to 75%.Not to mention you can also see another country,have a vacation.Also it can help people who dont have a good insurance.Well I would do it without hesitation.Would you?
Yes I would but it would depend on the country !

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Sure would, assuming all the ducks were in a row (hospital had good outcome percentages, was clean, staff was friendly, etc) and it wasn't somewhere crazy like a third world country where they use dinner knives to cut you open and sewing needles to put you back together. After all, why not? It's not like the United States has the best medical system evar.

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I need a tummy tuck. Argentina, here I come!!!!!!!!No...seriously. Just gonna pray long and hard before I go.Anything can happen

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The education overseas is far greater than what we have here in the States. That's why people go overseas for procedures especially celebs

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I was raised here in US and I always go to Europe for medical procedures and even for annual checkup; and not because the doctors are better but because it is much cheaper and no insurance is required.They have national health care

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Not so sure. I've seen them come into my hospital (Miami is the gateway to South America) and they are SEPTIC, Super Sick. And SUPER YOUNG.

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I saw one of the TV newsmagazine pieces on this practice a few years back and was really sold on it. As I recall, there is an excellent facility in Thailand that offers hotel-like service and was planned and staffed with many Americans in the hospital business. Unfortunately, Thailand is undergoing civil unrest lately so people have to be very careful about where they trot off to.

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Everyone I have ever met that has gone out of the Country for any medical procedure has come back way so sick, and has had to have to procedure redone or corrected, ended up on countless antibiotics, spent numerous days in hospital. Nope. Not me. If I can't afford it in the US of A, then it ain't gonna be done!

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I saw a great presentations (at a church of all places!) where a handful of congregation members traveled down to Mexico and got thousands of dollars worth of dental work at a swanky place in Tijuana for pennies on the dollar. Most of them were elderly, and couldn't afford the dental work here. They were beyond pleased with the results.Also, there are some services offered in other countries that aren't available here...like alternative oncology treatments in Germany.I've heard loads of stories of people traveling overseas and being forced to seek medical treatment for various issues: tooth abscess, stomach issues, accidents. The majority of the time I hear the care is great, and the treatment costs next to nothing. My family lives outside the US and my little sister had to have an emergency appendectomy and it was free!I'd totally be a medical tourist if I felt it was safe & cost-effective. In some ways, I'm more scared of the hospitals here!

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I'd go with the ones with Joint Commission Accreditation plus, the hospital that speaks my language!How horrible it is to be in a place where you have to guess what the hospital staff is talking about!

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Quote from madwife2002Yes I would but it would depend on the country !

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Quote from JustEnuff2BDangerousSure would, assuming all the ducks were in a row (hospital had good outcome percentages, was clean, staff was friendly, etc) and it wasn't somewhere crazy like a third world country where they use dinner knives to cut you open and sewing needles to put you back together. After all, why not? It's not like the United States has the best medical system evar.
Author: alice  3-06-2015, 16:30   Views: 1248   
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