Would You Try Medical Tourism???

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http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/28/when-thailand-is-in-network-u-s-employers-embrace-medical-to/?icid=main|netscape|dl3|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyfinance.com%2F2009%2F11%2F28%2Fwhen-thailand-is-in-network-u-s-employers-embrace-medical-to%2F= Americans facing having no insurance & the rising cost of medical care have started traveling abroad in order to receive the medical care they used to receive at home. They fly to India, Thailand, or other countries to be treated by medical personnel trained in the US & Australia. The foreign hospitals are now offering suites for the patients in order to gain fame in this area. They also charge greatly reduced rates over US hospitals offering a savings of well over 50 percent. The lady in this article paid $12,000 for the entire trip compared to $90,000 if treated here in the US. The average person in most of these countries do not have the money for these operations so the hospital increases its profit greatly. Those needing the operations win because they cannot get the same services without losing their home. It sounds interesting, but the thought of traveling away from my family & friends in order to have an important operation makes me nervous!!! Have you ever used the services of medical tourism??? Or would you consider using it???