Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Havana Calling
Marketplace talkradio has posted the audio of a story which attests that Americans are breaking the law to go to Cuba for healthcare. Helen Palmer: "Sam" is 63, a self-employed carpenter who can't afford health insurance. He hurt his shoulder and is heading to Havana for surgery to get it fixed.
Sam: Here in the states it would run from $12,000-$20,000. Over there it runs about $4,000 plus my airfare.
Sam will save $6,000 — and get a vacation. Because of the U.S. embargo, he's flying via Canada. He knows he's breaking the law but hopes his government would understand...
I think Michael Moore is about to get piled on for touting Cuba's supposedly impressive healthcare....
Helen Loveless, writing for This is Money, UK, talks about Britons heading to Hungary and other destinations for getting their teeth fixed. Emily Mayer is one of the many British dental tourists to have travelled to Hungary. Having suffered from severe gum disease for several years, Emily, 46, had lost several teeth and many others were loose..... Over the next six months, Emily, an artist from Kenninghall, Norfolk, had all her teeth replaced with implants. The total cost was about £20,000 - about a third of what it would have been in the UK. Emily says, 'I was so conscious of the state of my teeth. Having this treatment has changed my life. Not only did the clinic take really good care of me, but I have also saved a huge amount of money.'
Bloomberg has a business news story which says that Fortis Healthcare is to set up a 950-Bed hospital in India. The hospital will be modeled along the lines of the U.S.- based Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic, Rajen Ghadiok, director of medical operations at Fortis Group. Fortis gets about 8 percent of its revenue from treating foreign patients. "Medical tourism is on everyone's mind,'' Ghadiok said. "The greater advantage is that cost-wise we'll be competitive.''
Sam: Here in the states it would run from $12,000-$20,000. Over there it runs about $4,000 plus my airfare.
Sam will save $6,000 — and get a vacation. Because of the U.S. embargo, he's flying via Canada. He knows he's breaking the law but hopes his government would understand...
I think Michael Moore is about to get piled on for touting Cuba's supposedly impressive healthcare....
Helen Loveless, writing for This is Money, UK, talks about Britons heading to Hungary and other destinations for getting their teeth fixed. Emily Mayer is one of the many British dental tourists to have travelled to Hungary. Having suffered from severe gum disease for several years, Emily, 46, had lost several teeth and many others were loose..... Over the next six months, Emily, an artist from Kenninghall, Norfolk, had all her teeth replaced with implants. The total cost was about £20,000 - about a third of what it would have been in the UK. Emily says, 'I was so conscious of the state of my teeth. Having this treatment has changed my life. Not only did the clinic take really good care of me, but I have also saved a huge amount of money.'
Bloomberg has a business news story which says that Fortis Healthcare is to set up a 950-Bed hospital in India. The hospital will be modeled along the lines of the U.S.- based Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic, Rajen Ghadiok, director of medical operations at Fortis Group. Fortis gets about 8 percent of its revenue from treating foreign patients. "Medical tourism is on everyone's mind,'' Ghadiok said. "The greater advantage is that cost-wise we'll be competitive.''
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