Medical Tourism Boom

12345
RSS Feeds
September 2, 2009
2:23
Many Americans are fleeing the U.S. health care system to find affordable treatment in other countries. But is that a good idea?
YOU NEED FLASH TO VIEW THIS VIDEO
No PhotoUncle Nacho
September 12, 2009
03:41 PM
What most consumers don't understand is that the higher cost of medical devices and drugs in the USA subsidize the cost of those in poorer parts of the world. Eventually, the prices will equalize, because the USA customers won't pay the higher costs any more.
No PhotoCeckel
September 3, 2009
06:59 PM
The issue of follow up sticks out to me as a huge issue with medical tourism. Problems resulting after medical procedures are already scary and complicated enough without the added obstacle of your original doctor being thousands of miles away. I think medical tourism sounds ideal in theory, but in practice is actually much more complicated than it seems.
IrishAngleIrishAngle
September 3, 2009
05:25 PM
I don't think that people who have been fortunate enough to be healthy are aware that there is a large number of people who are denied coverage, not because they can't afford it, but because of preexisting conditions they can't get insurance at any price. These uninsured make up the majority of the medical tourists - and they are not going overseas by choice, rather it is a consequence of a system that entrusts for-profit corporations with providing health care insurance to Americans. These corporations have a fundamental conflict of interest.
No PhotoLauen Foreman
September 3, 2009
12:34 PM
I don't think Americans should have to go to such extreme measures for affordable health care but am a firm believer that people will get their needs met one way or another.
Jessi StaffordJessi Stafford
September 3, 2009
12:23 PM
I don't see this being a permanent solution to our healthcare reform problem. There are people already pressuring the Obama administration to take care of illegal immigration before he tackles providing a public option for health coverage, so how would the theory that going to Mexico to find healthcare ever be an adequate solution. We need to stop outsourcing our problems. It is a huge risk; if for no other reason than the fact that there is not a consistent record kept for all doctor's visits and diagnoses; how can there be if a person is running in between a US doctor and a Mexican doctor.
EDITOR'S PICK|MOST POPULAR|MOST RECENT|MOST COMMENTED|HIGHEST RATED

SMART VIDEO SNAPSHOTS

2:37
November 18, 2009
2:36
November 16, 2009
2:48
November 16, 2009

Newsy