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You would think more Americans would fly to India to get expensive medical procedures done. Or are there other issues that need to be overcome to do this?
by ctrl_freak 13y ago
You would think more Americans would fly to India to get expensive medical procedures done. Or are there other issues that need to be overcome to do this?
- hartror 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_tourism#India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_tourism#India
- acchow 13y agoSome insurance companies even throw in a cash incentive. "Need a heart bypass? We'll give you $10k and waive the co-pay if you do it in India"
- venomsnake 13y agoA few things: 1. People don't know about it. 2. Are the outcomes comparable? 3. Legal protection - you will have hard time suing Indian specialist in India and there won't be much damages to extract anyway. 4. Age? A good chunk of people that need that types of surgeries are well covered by Medicare. 5. You also need plane tickets, recovery time and at least one companion - so you may look at a lot higher total cost. 6. Plain old fear/ racism. And the moment it becomes common there will be the full media smear campaign, scaremongering etc
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoBesides, Cuba is closer. Canada is also a bargain compared to the US and you don't even have to violate state department rules. However, ironically enough, the USA has a booming medical tourism industry also. At about 60-80k, it is only half as small as India (150,000), though nowhere near Thailand (1.42 million).