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Well written article.

Being in the medical tourism industry, most requests I get are to perform smaller less complex procedures like braces or root canals. I have found that potential patients are a lot more comfortable with the idea of getting smaller, low risk procedures abroad as opposed to bigger more complex procedures like a Gastric Band.

For example, I had a resident of El Paso,TX opt to drive accross the border for dental treatment. Saved him hundreds of Dollars in treatment costs. There was no airfare or hotel stay involved.

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Well written article.

Being in the medical tourism industry, most requests I get are to perform smaller less complex procedures like braces or root canals. I have found that potential patients are a lot more comfortable with the idea of getting smaller, low risk procedures abroad as opposed to bigger more complex procedures like a Gastric Band.

For example, I had a resident of El Paso,TX opt to drive accross the border for dental treatment. Saved him hundreds of Dollars in treatment costs. There was no airfare or hotel stay involved.

Axis Medical Travel
www.Axismedicaltravel.com

Its not so much that I dont believe in elective surgery but what bothers me is the lack of control over ones choices that casuse such issues as obesity. These same problems come with drug and alcohol addiction. I see them every day at <a herf="http://www.prescription-drug-rehab.com/rx-addiction.html:> narconon california alcoholism treatment</> and I have grown increasing concerned with the need to get these people under control so they dont have to fly out of the coountry to get unneeded surgery. These people need to confront there issues. in this case over eating, so the need for elected surgery are not needed.

It's important that these needs are covered by medical insurance. Its gotten a bit out of hand how little medical coverage is done. I think they should consider covering other need such as drug addiction or alcohol treatment. This is covered to some degree but not always. Here at <a href="http://www.prescription-drug-rehab.com/rx-addiction.html">narconon California alcoholism treatment</a> I see this lack of support from insurance companies and corporations. Leaving families to pay for the other family salvation salvation.

Just remember the saying (which holds true here) "You get what you pay for."
Maybe you should talk to those individuals, who have developed complications and unable to get the necessary follow-up care in Mexico. Just ask this same group how much money they had to pay out of pocket (100% that is) to correct the complication.
Maybe you should talk to those individuals horrified to find out the "nurse," who really was NOT a nurse, took "care" of them.
Maybe you should inform your readers about the questionable "qualifications" of the supposed healthcare team in general.
Perhaps, if you at Newsweek did your job (which is to tell the WHOLE story). You might not have people reading this article and thinking "all is well in Mexico."
It's nice to have a political viewpoint, but when you put people in a potential health crises you go too far.

Here in Suthern California a huge amount of people for years now cross the border daily to buy prescription medication. In Tijuana it is so much less expensive. People also cross the border daily for dental care; it is less than 1/2 the cost than in San Diego or even less. Good Medical care is available down there also as long as you have money. The majority of people in Mexico do not have money but for the ones that do along with Americans the health care is comparable to the US.

How ironic - for years the US border states have borne the costly burden of providing healthcare and education, among other services, for Mexican Nationals who come to the US for jobs and a better way of life - now Mexico offers more affordable healthcare for Americans seeking less costly care. What an interesting twist ... the healthcare industry and insurance companies, or the lack of it, has driven Americans from
their own country.

In regard to pharmaceuticals - I've heard that US consumers basically shoulder the cost of R & D, which allows other countries to purchase the meds at a reasonable cost. Someone has to pay for the heavy US regulations placed on pharmaceutical companies.

Just wait until the Liberal messiah fixes our healthcare. Folks that fence they are building on the border will soon be to keep Texans from leaving. Texas will be just like old East Berlin with that damned wall until we get another president in 2012.

Billions and Billions for aggression

Not one cent for health care

What a down beaten people.

Billions nd billions for agression

But not one cent for medicare.

What a down beaten people.

Making insurance companies, and essentially then everybody, pay for gastric bypass surgeries is stupid. It is about self control. You see these shows where somebody is confined to their bed and some family member keeps shoving the food down their mouth. So disgusting. Then they want me to fix their problem.

There are two reasons, primarily, that it is cheaper to get care in Mexico. The labor is less. We pay a fortune for all the people working in the hospitals here.

Second, if they screw up, are you going to be able to sue them for millions like you can here? Everybody wants a miracle drug to solve their problems. Then when a side effect comes out, you see the TV flooded with ads from attorneys looking for people to sue. Who pays for those ads and those attorneys and any money the people end up collecting? ALL OF US! Our system is stupid.

Not sure a gastric bypass is the best example of a need to go across the border for a surgery because of cost effectiveness. Why not just walk off the fat - seems cheaper.
Medical Tourism has a huge downside. Often the patient is required to sign a release of ALL the hospital's and doctor's liability in the event anything goes wrong. This is how many of these hospitals are able to perform procedures at such reduced costs...no liability. No liability insurance. No suits, no attorneys. And the patient isn't in America so they have no recourse. Also, salaries to staff are not on the same scale as in America....you have no idea how much better our nurses and technicians have it. The Doctors too..but many have a stake in the hospitals and clinics so even though their salaries are lower than their American counterparts, they make a profit from the hospital or clinic. And noboac, most of the companies in America are actually owned by the stockholders......so when they make money, we make money, we actually want our companies to make money, not lose money. I need something to get my 401k off life support.
And have you any idea how the people in Mexico treat the people from South of their border? Actually, it is pretty badly.....brutally in fact. So get off your high horse and go peddle your bigotry somewhere else. People are basically the same everywhere......

Hey, wait just a minute. The emergency was created internally. In the U.S. the greedy bastards of the medical, insurance, chemical and pharmaceutical conglomerates have the freedom to charge outlandish rates, under the auspices of the government. Don´t let them in I say!!! After all, you treat south of the border people like dogs!!! The unmittigated GALL!!!!!!!! Pay up, support greed!!!

Hey, wait a minute here, first of all, the emergency was created internally by the U.S. greedy medical, insurance, chemical and pharmaceutical conglomerates. They are the traitors here, that rather have their own citizens die miserable deaths than lower prices. And now they want to go to countries south of the border to be treated. I say "DON´T LET THEM IN". After all they badmouth those countries!!!! wHAT gALL