Bloomberg has a good article about how many southern Californians covered by Health Net are being encouraged to have medical procedures at some of the big hospitals just across the border in Mexico. Many patients are being offered the option of no out of pocket expense if they get their surgeries done at one of […]

Another survey has been released, this one by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, a Wisconsin based research group. Their results show that 11 percent of employers now cover medical tourism involving medical treatment outside the U.S. The survey group was 400 U.S. corporate benefit managers.
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One of the questions a lot of westerners have about receiving medical care overseas is “What happens if the doctor makes a mistake?” The worry is that they return home and have complications that won’t be covered by their domestic insurance or Medicare. Well, starting next year if your American doctor makes a mistake Medicare […]

A study released by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics shows that life expectancy in the U.S., while increasing, has rapidly fallen behind that of many other countries. People in 41 other countries now have longer life expectancies.
“Something’s wrong here when one of the richest countries in the world, the one that spends the […]

This story is from October 2006 but worth mentioning for completeness in the assessment of Thailand’s top healthcare facilities. Newsweek, in an article titled Medical Meccas, features Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok and lavishes the usual praises upon it such as “world-class medicine at developing-world prices”, and “velvet-glove treatment redolent of a five-star hotel”. The […]

Previously in Medical Care Outsourcing Soon to be Primetime it was mentioned that the insurer United Group Programs was beginning to offer coverage for offshore medical procedures and had even added Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok to their preferred providers list. It seems to going prime time rapidly, with over 40 companies having already signed […]

The dramatic cost delta between medical treatment in the U.S. and at some of the world class overseas medical centers is compelling employers to send their employees overseas for treatment. A recent example is cited in the Los Angeles Times:
“Carl Garrett of Leicester, N.C., will fly to a state-of-the-art New Delhi hospital in September for […]