MedRetreat in the News
Saving on Surgery by Going Abroad
U.S. News and World Report - Avery Comarow - May 1, 2008
Medical tourism or medical travel can produce discounts of 80 percent.
Get a Hip Replaced and See the World
Kiplinger's Retirement Report - Christopher Gearon - April 2008
MedRetreat client receives knee surgery overseas...no more pain.
Seeking Affordable Healthcare Overseas
NuWire Investor - Melana Yanos - March 10, 2008
Medical tourism provides high-quality care with less financial suffering.
Overseas Medical Care 
Retirement Living - Lea Thompson & John Palmer - February 2008
Overseas medical care, and why more and more boomers are headed abroad for their health needs.
Interview with Patrick Marsek
Washington D.C. - Consumer Health World - Ruben Torel - December 18, 2007
Ruben Torel interviews Patrick Marsek about medical tourism and the services that MedRetreat offers
Healthy travels
Entrepreneur.com - Geoff Williams - October 31, 2007
Think going abroad for cheaper medical procedures is scary? These businesses are here to help.
Years of Pain Resolved by Surgery Trip
Anchorage Daily News - Becky Stoppa - October 24, 2007
MEDICAL TOURISM: Knee replacement cost woman only $17,000
Passport to Cheaper Health Care?
Good Housekeeping - Jennifer Wolff - October 2007 Issue
You can have surgery for less than half the price...Is medical tourism a brilliant solution...or a too-risky business?
Traveling For Treatment
AARP - Anthony Mecir & Katherine Greider - September 2007
Soaring U.S. health costs are driving more Americans abroad for medical treatment.
Surgery Overseas
ABC News 7 Chicago - Sylvia Perez - August 23, 2007
It's said to be a booming business and the answer for many of the 45 million uninsured Americans who can't afford healthcare.
Americans Gamble on Bargain Surgery Abroad
MedPage Today - Neil Osterweil - August 13, 2007
Even as the U.S. dollar sags, many Americans are still heading overseas for bargains on elective cosmetic procedures and other surgical care they could not afford otherwise.
HEALTH BIZ BLOG Interview with Patrick Marsek 
Health Business Blog - David Williams - June 27, 2007
I spoke with Patrick Marsek earlier today and asked him about what kinds of patients are good candidates for medical travel, who should use a medical travel agency instead of planning a trip themselves, and what some of the differences are between medical travel to Central/South America and travel to Southeast Asia.
Need Surgery? Take a Trip
The News Sentinal - Jennifer Boen - June 14, 2006
‘Medical tourism’ industry booming in U.S.
Outsourcing Your Health
Forbes - Alison Van Dusen - May 22, 2007
When 56-year-old Ward Styner found out he needed a new hip last summer, he did what any logical, uninsured American would do...
Going Global For Medical Care
KTKA - ABC News - Good Morning Kansas - Jessica Lovell - May 31, 2007
News report about Ward Styner, a MedRetreat client, who traveled to Malaysia to receive a hip replacement.
Rise in Medical Tourism
WIS10 - NBC News - Michelle Franzen - April 27, 2007
Medical Tourism used to just be for people who wanted plastic surgery. Now.. more and more Americans are going overseas for routine treatments.
Patient-centric service
By Mike Gloss - MedicalTourismOnline - Dec 5, 2006
If there’s one thing that is inherent in the nature of the medical tourism industry, it is competition.
Maryland Company Cuts Surgical Costs with Foreign Flair
By Emily Halle - Capital News Service | November 22, 2006
Hospitals overseas use the same technology and equipment as the most sophisticated American hospitals.
Smart Medicine and Exotic Travel
What's Up Radio Program with Terry Lowry - October 11, 2006
Radio Interview with Patrick Marsek...Canadians and Europeans have been traveling to the US for decades seeking medical services. Now, Americans are traveling abroad seeking first class health care at tremendous savings.
Bon voyage, and get well
By Judy Foreman for the Boston Globe | October 2, 2006
More and more Americans are traveling to foreign countries for surgeries, drawn by lower prices, and side trips to tourist sights. Experts advise patients to do their homework before they go.
Quality Care at Affordable Prices
MoneyDots.com - September 17, 2006 ~ Audio Interview
An Interview with: Patrick Marsek, Founder of MedRetreat, and Dr. Allan Fields, noted Cancer Surgeon - Sinai Medical Center. Olympic Physician, Attending Physician to Muhammad Ali & Evander Holyfield, & Ringside Physician.
Cost -saving surgery lures 'medical tourist' abroad
Seattle Post Intelligencer - July 23, 2006 - By: Julie Davidow
Overseas care especially attractive to uninsured.
Medical Tourism - Service From America
Chicago, Illinois (PRWEB) Jan 4, 2006
MedRetreat provides Americans with free comprehensive programs to receive medical treatments abroad
Medical Tourism - Worldwide Options
Chicago, Illinois (PRWEB) Nov 18, 2005
MedRetreat now offers pre-qualified network of hospitals providing medical tourism services in seven destinations around the world.
Medical Retreat of Two American Women 
ABC News TV12 - Newbern, N.C.,USA - June 2005
Kathy Bogardus and Kimberlee Tyner have experienced great success by traveling abroad for their cosmetic procedures...
Medical tourism exposed...
PRWEB - May 21, 2005
MedRetreat, in conjunction with WCTI TV 12
Medical Tourism
Penang, Malaysia (PRWEB) April 7, 2005
As Kathy Bogardus sat in the reception area of Penang Adventist Hospital filling out the final consent forms prior to her cosmetic surgery, she was admittedly nervous, but not about what one would think.
An Inside Look at Medical Tourism in SE Asia
March 7, 2005 ... American reporter to be given unprecedented access to MedRetreat's overseas care.
Tourists Seek Cheaper Medical Procedures in Asia
NPR (audio) - Washington,D.C.,USA - February 14, 2005
Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television reports on what's being called medical tourism.
Other Related News
Healthy US Interest in Medical Tourism
Financial Times - Christopher Bowe - February 19, 2008
Two in five Americans would consider travelling abroad for a medical procedure if it cost half the US price and quality was at least equal, according to a Deloitte consumer health report
Low-Cost Foreign Care Begins to Take Off
July 29, 2007 - MSNBC - Susan Deutschle
There's a quiet revolution slowly building momentum in the health-care industry that could potentially lower the cost of employer-sponsored medical plans over the next decade.
MedRetreat's Solution to Michael Moore's 'SICKO' Documentary
Vernon Hills, IL (PRWEB) July 3, 2007
Michael Moore intimates that there is a solution to the high cost of health care in the U.S., and MedRetreat confirms his intuition. It's called "Medical Tourism."
American Medical Association Report
AMA - June 2007
Medical Travel Outside the U.S.
India Seeks Uniform Hospital Service
Bloomberg - Bibhudatta Pradhan and Ashok Bhattacharjee - June 28, 2007
India's government plans to ensure a uniform level of service in hospitals, aiming to enhance the South Asian nation's appeal as a key provider of critical services to patients from the U.S. and Europe.
Health & Fitness - Foreign Operations
Men's Journal - Nov 2006 - By Brad Reagan
With health care costs rocketing out of reach, Americans are going abroad for surgery.
Beauty From Afar
Video Interview with Jeff Schult / Author of Beauty From Afar
Four minutes with author Jeff Schult on the subject of traveling abroad for high quality, low cost cosmetic surgery, dentistry or other medical care.
When Abroad, Be Careful How You Pay
Nisha Ramachandran - U.S. News - June 2, 2006
When abroad, be careful how you pay.
Potential in cosmetic operations
The Star - K. Kasturi Dewi - May 4, 2006 - Penang
The state can tap the huge potential in cosmetic surgery now trendy in the West.
Prescription Thailand
The Telegraph - Janine Martin - August 27, 2005
For a perfect mix of world class hospitals and five-star service, try Thailand.
Rising popularity of medical tourism reveals deterioration of U.S. healthcare system
NaturalNews.com - Mike Adams - August 22, 2005
Defenders of organized medicine are fond of saying that the United States has the best healthcare in the world, but I challenge that. I don't think we have the best healthcare in the world, I think we have the most expensive healthcare in the world.
World Bank Medical Tourism Insurance Report
World Bank Group - July 1, 2005
For just 15 highly tradable, low-risk treatments, the annual savings to the United States would be $1.4 billion even if only one in 10 patients who need these treatments went abroad.
CBS News | Vacation, Adventure And Surgery?
CBS News - April 25, 2005 ... India wants to become the world leader in medical tourism, and it might just make it. The country known for exporting doctors is trying hard to import ...
Global Alliance Takes First Major Steps for Medical Tourism
Washington, DC (PRWEB) April 8, 2005
Judson Anglin, Managing Director, MedRetreat will introduce MedRetreat, LLC as
the first American company to offer medical tourism services, ...
Medical tourism: Need surgery, will travel
CBC News Online | June 18, 2004
What's called medical tourism – patients going to a different country for either urgent or elective medical procedures – is fast becoming a worldwide, multibillion-dollar industry.