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So what are the negatives? This NYT article reads like a PR piece for medical tourism... What about malpractice insurance in Belgium/Poland and what happens i

• lordofbackland 13y ago
  I don't know about insurance malpractices but how this malpractice outweigh or even relevant to this topic. And also out of of curiosity does USA hospital give guarantee of not having any problem with implants.
  • veritas213 13y ago
    They dont offer such guarantees in the US. Its just assumed because of the threat of lawsuits is soo high.
• auctiontheory 13y ago
  What happens if there are problems down the road with an implant (or any other procedure) you got in the US? You pay for more procedures, that's what. The ability to sue for millions of dollars is the one "advantage" of buying your medical care (or airplane tickets) in the US. We each need to decide how important that is to us.
  • octatone2 13y ago
    > The ability to sue for millions of dollars is the one "advantage" That isn't necessarily true, as some states have caps on tort damages, and more corperations are lobying for similar caps/limits on civil restitution via state law: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/us/even-with-counsel-texas-amputee-is-hindered-by-state-tort-laws.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/us/even-with-counsel-texas...
• chiph 13y ago
  Your insurance company is likely to deny coverage for procedures performed outside the US (if for no other reason than because they can), so that's a definite risk. But that's a reason to choose Belgium over somewhere like Guatemala -- while you won't get the gift shop or valet parking, the quality of care is much more likely to be at the same level as in the US.