Who should consider becoming a medical tourist?
Everyone qualifies. Whether you're insured or uninsured, you can realize the savings of overseas healthcare. As we move into the future, we'll need to be more financially responsible for our healthcare expenditures, even if we are fully insured. Soon, many corporations will not be able to afford the option of offering healthcare benefits to their employees. We need to begin now to reduce the costs of healthcare to better ensure the availability of major medical coverage to working Americans.
Many options exist for the medical tourism patient - from purely elective procedures such as face lift, rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, liposuction, tummy tuck, breast augmentation, dental and LASIK, to more serious procedures such as knee replacement, hip replacement, spinal disc replacement, hysterectomy and cardiac bypass surgery.
The $6000 Rule
Medical tourists can now obtain essentially any type of medical or surgical procedure within reason. However, there is a simple rule we follow to determine if it makes financial sense to travel abroad. We call it the "$6000 Rule." If your procedure would cost $6000 in the U.S., you may not realize any financial savings. Although the surgery would only cost about $1500 abroad, by the time you add the airfare, post-op hotel accommodations, ground transportation, and the other essentials of overseas travel, you may only realize a break-even scenario. This being said, many people still choose to travel abroad to achieve complete privacy and anonymity, peaceful recuperation, and the avoidance of daily hometown distractions.
Is international medical tourism right for you?
Although thousands have done this successfully before you, it doesn’t mean it’s right for you. Quite frankly, over 30% of the inquiries we receive ultimately determine that overseas healthcare is not cut out for them. In reality that’s a good sign. That means we’ve done our job objectively by considering their needs before our financial gain. Now the encouraging news; about 70% of our members elect to move forward, receive their surgery and return back home with complete satisfaction.
At this juncture you’re probably already aware of the successes people have had while traveling outside of North America to receive their surgery. And you already know about the huge cost savings. And not to mention the high quality of healthcare available at world-class medical facilities, with board certified surgeons, using the same state-of-the-art equipment and technology as here in the United States. But, because there’s so much information about medical travel on the internet, this can all be very confusing and overwhelming. This is where we can be of assistance. And here’s how.
We’d like to help you to determine the feasibility of traveling abroad for healthcare based on your specific needs. We’ve always known that medical tourism is a safe and affordable alternative to U.S. healthcare, but we also realize that it’s not for everyone.
So, it’s evident that our first responsibility is to you…to make sure that you fit the model of a medical tourist. We’ve found that it really does take a certain type of person to carry this through. It’s not for everyone. We can save you a lot of time and energy by determining your chances of becoming a satisfied medical tourist right from the get-go.
One last piece of advise: Never choose your surgeon based solely on price. You must understand all aspects of medical travel to find the very best value...not the lowest price.
Click here to learn how to identify the best “value” when researching your medical tourism options.
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