Medical tourism: Traveling outside US for care is common

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The recent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico highlights the common practice of traveling to other countries for medical care that either is not available at home or cheaper. Here’s what to know about medical tourism:

And cosmetic surgeries, like tummy tucks that cost thousands of dollars, are largely uncovered by U.S. health insurers.

Most of the people visiting Mexico for care are Mexican or Latino immigrants living in the United States, he said.

 

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I've been wondering why this Mexico story is getting such a big push, and suddenly realized it is the pharmaceutical companies that want people to be afraid, and not go there for their medical drugs. When ya wonder why media is pushing a narrative, always think, corporate greed.

American healthcare profiteering is responsible for tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of American deaths. M4A

Yeah - I went to Mexico for years growing up. We couldn’t afford US healthcare. That is how you access healthcare on the Texas border if you can’t afford insurance.

Nigeria politicians tha underfund health sectors back home but chose to tour foreign medical services re to be kidnapped n killed. We’ll be happy here once that starts to happen

My Brother and Sister-in-law go to Tijuana for dental care. It's much cheaper there and the dentists are every bit as good as the ones in San Diego. We need good dental coverage with Medicare.

This is still not that common within Americans. If you read, they were mistaken by Cartels. No differ than anything we see here.

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Four Americans kidnapped in Mexico: What we knowFour Americans were traveling to Mexico for a medical procedure when their van was ambushed by suspected members of a Mexican cartel, with the Americans being kidnapped. The Mexican cartels are racist and waging war on blacks. If they're Democrats it's disrespectful to call them Americans. What we know is you should not go there for a tummy tuck.
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