Affordable Health Care, Found in a Place You Hadn’t Thought Of.
Monterrey, Mexico. March, 24th 2010.
A flag announcing an incoming e-mail flashed "inexpensive hip replacement." The usual urge to take care immediately of all inquires has the responsible people opening it right away. We read: “Gabriel, Let me thank you for the gracious hospitality offered by you and Travel For Care. My wife has decided to have her surgery in Oregon. This is her wish and I must see to it. You have offered a very attractive alternative to this incredibly expensive and, no doubt, equal quality service. I shall contact you in the future for any of my needs. Thank you, Will”
Will’s wife would travel all the way from Alaska, and pay upwards of $45,000 for a total hip replacement. These prices would have been anywhere between 60% and 80% lower for a similar procedure of the same quality if performed in Monterrey, Mexico. That means that she could have had it for between $6,000 and $14,500 depending on how renown the chosen doctor and hospital is. So if healthcare in Monterrey is of the same quality than in the United States, then why is it so much more affordable? There are three main reasons why healthcare in the United States is significantly more expensive.
First. No other country has a legal system where lawsuits are so common and so drastic than the U.S. This has led American healthcare practitioners and institutions to pay malpractice insurance premiums. These premiums can easily exceed one hundred thousand dollars/year per Doctor, Nurse, Technician, and many times that for Hospitals. Although foreign doctors and clinics have medical malpractice insurance as well, their costs are but fraction of that amount.
Second. The cost of labor, construction, supplies, drugs, energy, taxes, and almost everything other than high technology equipment which is permanently bought and paid for at the same price, is generally higher in the U.S.
Third. Administrative aspects like paperwork, insurance collections, receivables, bad debt, and compliance are a larger cost burden for U.S. healthcare providers.-
And why of the same quality?
It is extremely important to point out, that even if a medical tourist might be looking for value, it can easily reach out to the very top doctors and institutions. The best doctors in Monterrey typically speak English, most have studied, trained and worked in the US or Europe, and some are even U.S.-board certified. The best hospitals typically have world top-class facilities, the latest technology, and procedures that have made them earn local and international certifications such as the Joint Commission International Gold Seal.
Plans for this purpose are offered at prices that are mostly less than half those in the U.S., and normally comprise travel, lodging, and medical treatment. Providing first rate Medical Care Solutions to patients in need of elective and non-elective medical procedures of the highest standards.
Gabriel Senior, CEO of (Travel for Care) a medical travel specialty firm headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico states: “There is a substantive lack of knowledge by U.S. private citizens, about high quality, low cost, nearby, possible alternatives for receiving health care. Will’s wife’s wishes had to be accommodated by him, and in turn, they had to cover much larger expenses. She never got to believe, due to false preconceptions, that Monterrey stands today by itself with a few others, at the top of world class medicine, and it has become a practical solution that offers American private citizens a close, simple, all-encompassing approach to their medical needs, with low cost plans, and the same quality, service, treatments, and procedures, that one would expect at a top hospital in the U.S. We are sure everything will be well for them, and we’ll be here for them any time they need us”. As globalization is shrinking this world, medical travel, also called medical tourism, is becoming a very important trend that is benefitting both people in need, such as Will and his wife, who are uninsured and cover these kind of expenses out-of-pocket, as well as the top healthcare providers in countries like Mexico.
“Travel For Care” is an innovative Medical Travel firm headquartered in Monterrey Mexico, marketing Medical Solutions to American and Canadian patients looking for affordable elective and non-elective procedures of the highest standards. For more information, please visit www.travelforcare.com
