Are You Facing a $10,000+ Medical-Hospital Procedure? Fly to Bangkok.
Rich Americans are increasingly going abroad to get expensive procedures at one-fifth of the cost.
Foreign hospitals are every bit as good as ours, if you go to the right ones. Where do you find good ones? Click here.
Plane fares are cheaper than American medicine.
One man who was on a tour in Thailand last year got hit with back pain. He went to a local hospital. He spent half a day in a private room.
Guess what his bill was.
It was $12. Cash.
A man who needed back fusion surgery — assuming anyone does — was told it would be $70,000 in the U.S. He had to pay $14,000. He went to Bangkok.
Total bill, including plane tickets: $7,000.
Last year, the hospital treated 70,000 Americans. Hip and knee replacement surgery were the most common procedures.
The numbers are up 20% this year.
Physicians there pay $5,000 a year for medical malpractice insurance. In the USA, it’s $100,000.
Do the math.
Some American families pay $1,000 a month for health insurance. They probably have to co-pay 20%.
Medical tourism is cheaper.
If you are in a terrible auto accident, will your auto insurance pay? Check.
If you are in a terrible fire you had better have a lot of co-pay money in reserve. You need an HSA.
Costa Rica offers cheaper procedures. Way cheaper. Look up Medical Tourism of Costa Rica.
For more information, click the link.
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Published on May 17, 2012. The original is here.