Thousands of patients are exploring a new option in today's complex and costly arena of health care. With the costs of medical procedures skyrocketing, here in the U.S., companies are popping up that help patients find quality care in overseas hospitals. One of the oldest companies to offer these services is PlanetHospital. Here is a description of what they do, as taken from their web site:
"PlanetHospital facilitates quality, affordable, and immediate medical care with some of the best surgeons from around the world. We also source innovative and promising medical care being done around the world and make it easy for our clients to access them. Our clients include individuals who are paying for their own medical care, self insured corporations, and insurers. PlanetHospital has representatives in each destination we offer. Real doctors and nurses are available to answer questions. We do not mark up surgery costs. Only Planet Hospital has a follow up care network. We even help our clients get reimbursed for their procedure through their health insurance."
All types of procedures are available; ortho, dental,obesity, heart, cancer, cosmetic, elective, medicine of tomorrow, fertility, etc. To give you an idea on savings, consider the cost of heart bypass surgery. The cash price for this procedure, in the U.S., can range from $122,000 - $176,000....if you have insurance, it might range $54,000 - $79,000. For this same procedure, overseas in a first rate hospital with high caliber surgeons, it would range $10- 20,000. A considerable difference!
With so many people without health insurance, medical tourism is now becoming very popular with people who simply cannot afford the costs that U.S. hospitals and surgeons are charging. For those with serious illnesses and limited funds, there are now viable options for excellent health care and in the example of PlanetHospital, they can take care of all the arrangements.
Chakras
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
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medical tourism is a great opportunity. It is getting popularity day by day. Also the ideas of dental tourism, dental vacation and dental holidays are getting popularity fast.
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