US: 500k leave the country for medical care

[trancepriest]

More Americans head overseas for health care
Lower costs and rising standards of quality lure many patients, insurers


Dr. Mukesh Tripathi removes the stitches of U.S. patient Dodie Gilmore after a successful hip operation at a hospital in New Delhi, India, Oct. 24.

Alternative to ailing U.S. health system

With an estimated 45 million uninsured Americans, some 500,000 trekked overseas last year for medical treatment, according to the National Coalition on Health Care. Asian hospitals in Thailand, India and Singapore have long been swarmed by medical tourists looking for tummy tucks and face lifts, but many glitzy, marble-floored facilities are now gaining reputations for big-ticket procedures including heart surgery, knee and back operations.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15513596/

[web_norah]

well well
where are all the defenders of the American Healthcare system?

[trancepriest]

Originally Posted by web_norah

well well
where are all the defenders of the American Healthcare system?

Trying their best to avoid this post. It's amazing what can be found with just one google request.

[JMT]

apparently some people are too dense to see the glaring difference. these patients are doing it to save money, and it's primarily for elective and cosmetic purposes. people from the UK do it to avoid the shitty care they would receive, if they even live long enough to see a spe******t.

[trancepriest]

Originally Posted by JMT

apparently some people are too dense to see the glaring difference. these patients are doing it to save money, and it's primarily for elective and cosmetic purposes. people from the UK do it to avoid the shitty care they would receive, if they even live long enough to see a spe******t.

HaHa... so if you are poor in America you could die? O' our health system is much better... I see your point.

[JMT]

Originally Posted by trancepriest

HaHa... so if you are poor in America you could die? O' our health system is much better... I see your point.

i could flip burgers at McDonald's and still afford my monthly insurance premium.

are there problems that exist with the insurance industry and hospital costs? certainly. but the issue is not with the quality of care. nice try, though.

[web_norah]

Originally Posted by JMT

i could flip burgers at McDonald's and still afford my monthly insurance premium.

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.. so flipping burgers at McD's pays your insurance cost or is McD's now offering insurance to their employees? WOW.

really. you must be earning good cash at McD's, minimum wage allows you to earn a decent living, offers health care insurance, and it even gets you to save?

apparently, you must have not seen this documentary (same guy from Supersize Me).

http://www2.oprah.com/tows/pastshows...20060414.jhtml