President Barack Obama has signed the most sweeping U.S. health policy legislation in five decades into law. Although details are to be finalized, Obama says that local state opposition will not be able to stop it. The Republicans will fight the detail, but have accepted it will be impossible to untangle even if they win future presidential elections.
The medical tourism industry is welcoming President Barack Obama’s new health care reform law with a smile that would make a Botox doctor proud.
So you’re not thrilled with the new healthcare reform package signed into law today by President Barack Obama. What can you do?
Well, you can be like talk radio host Rush Limbaugh and move to Costa Rica as a way of protesting the new law. Better yet, you can combine your love of travel with your need for medical care by experiencing medical tourism.
It used to be that “medical tourism” was only for the wealthy rich who wanted or felt they needed “Cosmetic Surgery”
In addition you had the benefit of being far away from home , where hopefully nobody would spot you, in your recuperative phase after your cosmetic surgery. Things have changed now. Perhaps its the high cost or long wait lines – even in places where medical care is “free” such as Canada. Canadians themselves have finally come to the conclusion that medical care is limited. If you want service you well have to go out of the country. Previously it was the USA only. Now that medical tourism has become more readily available and trusted medical tourists will travel across the world to get major – even life threatening surgery. Major operations such as hip replacement , cardiac surgery and even transplants – heart etc are not out of the question.
It used to be that once a student from the so called “third world” went to the west for his or her medical education – they were now a doctor in the USA or Canada never to return home- ever , except for holidays and vacations. Now with modern communication and transportation this is not necessarily so. On top of that equipment and such things as reliable electric power are available in these places overseas. Hospitals indeed may be close to state of the art – but certainly new. Equipment may be brand new and indeed better than that found in the USA and certainly in most cases in Canada. On top of that the hospitals are almost like 4 star hotels – staff is cheap , they love their high tech jobs . To them these are the best jobs in the world. On top of that union labor strife is not an issue . Staff at even these new mega , almost factory, hospitals have staff that are used to a slower pace of life. To most patients they are amazingly friendly and concerned as well for patient welfare. Most patients are very satisfied with their medical tourism adventure and exercise and will gladly recommend it to other potential patients as well – be they family , friend or people at work.