Travel For Care Exploring Even More Affordable Weight Loss Surgery Options
Monterrey, Mexico, November 16th, 2009
Weight Loss Surgery, the quickest and most effective way for a person to lose weight permanently is being adopted by surgery centers abroad in order to offer Americans safe and inexpensive options to having it done at home. Although Medical Travel is a trend that has been around for a while, and almost all weight loss surgeons in Mexico can name a US patient of theirs, several surgical centers in Mexico are working on gaining efficiency and driving great volume in order to cater to an ever increasing budget-conscious patient segment looking for cheap weight loss surgery.
On Monday November 9, Gabriel Senior, Founder and CEO of Travel For Care – a Medical Travel facilitator, was interviewed by students from Maastricht Hotel Management School from the Netherlands. Studying to receive either their Bachelors or Masters Degree in Hotel Management, the students conducted the interview in order to better understand the Medical Travel trend and how Mexico is benefiting.
With healthcare costs in the United States continuing to rise at higher rates than inflation, insurance companies are having to raise the prices of their policies and in turn, leave more and more Americans without coverage. As a consequence, some innovative insurers are designing lower premium plans to appeal to the budget-conscious, but as a trade off, these policies are starting to include huge deductibles and co-pays. Medical Travel is not only becoming an escape valve for those choosing elective procedures and for the totally uninsured, but also offers attractive options for the large group of partially insured citizens.
Weight loss surgery is an extremely popular option for achieving significant weight loss when other weight loss efforts have failed. According to the American Obesity Association, the most effective treatment for morbid obesity is bariatric surgery. Surgical options for obesity surgery include the gastric band, gastric bypass, mini gastric bypass and gastric sleeve. Once the decision has been made to move forward with weight loss surgery the next choice thus becomes which surgical approach is best. One must take extra care to thoroughly consider the pros and cons of each surgical technique, and with the help of their doctor find the method that is best for them. Most important is choosing a surgery that will help to keep the weight off, not just for a little while, but forever.
