What Medical Travel Procedures Should You Consider Abroad?7612487
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Medical costs in the United States have become astronomical and the wait required to receive treatment has proven fatal in some cases. Instead of wasting time and money on overpriced medical services in the United States, many Americans are now taking advantage of the opportunities provided through medical travel.
Long wait times are eliminated with the use of medical travel and many procedures that are simply unavailable or only recently used in the U.S. are commonplace in other countries. Weight loss surgery in Mexico, cardiac and orthopedic care, dental care, and many other medical procedures can be obtained abroad for a fraction of the cost than the same procedure in the U.S.
Weight Loss Surgery & Cosmetic Surgery
The two most common types of medical travel procedures are weight loss surgery and cosmetic surgery. While many American medical insurance companies do not cover these procedures, traveling abroad can be a viable option for those who wish to improve their appearance and their life.
Board certified surgeons perform weight-loss surgery for 30 to 75 percent less than what it would cost in the United States. Medical travelers opting to have weight-loss surgery in Mexico are not limited in their choice of procedure as Gastric Band, Gastric Sleeve, Gastric Bypass and Intragastric Balloon procedures are all offered in Mexico hospitals.
Cosmetic surgery and reconstructive surgeries performed in Mexico are done so on a flat fee basis. This fee includes all surgical, hospital, lab, and medical fees, as well as ground transportation to and from the airport, hospital, and hotel. All you need to do is make arrangements for health travel for procedures such as breast augmentation or reduction, liposuction, ear lobe reduction, face, brow, and neck lifts, or rhinoplasty and everything else is handled for you at a fraction of the cost.
Medical Travel Often Costs Less Than American Co-Pays
American medical insurance often requires co-payments that are greater than what the entire medical procedure would cost in Mexico. This is especially true for cardiac and orthopedic treatments, making health travel a viable option for families on limited budgets.
Heart monitoring, echocardiography, electrocardiograms, stress tests, and pacemaker implantation are just a few of the cardiac treatments available. Peripheral angiography procedures are also available.
Orthopedic services, such as joint and hip replacement or resurfacing, are available through medical travel, as are podiatry services. The doctors abroad are frequently trained in the U.S. and England and possess all of the certifications and experience one would expect from American doctors but at a fraction of the cost.
Unavailable In America But Common Abroad
Health travel allows Americans to take advantage of proven medical procedures that have only recently been performed or are unavailable in the United States, such as lumbar dynamic stabilization. Instead of suffering lower back pain or risking spinal fusion, medical travel makes this proven procedure that uses flexible materials to stabilize the lower back, reducing pain and the risk of future injury available to everyone. Lumbar dynamic stabilization is a reversible procedure developed by Mexico's Dr. Juan Dipp. This procedure is far less invasive and costs much less than medical options available in the U.S.
Health travel makes procedures such as PresbyLASIK available. This surgery, also known as multi-focal LASIK is currently in clinical trials in the U.S. but hasn't yet received FDA approval. The advanced technique allows vision-impaired patients with presbyopia to regain optimum vision at all distances, whereas the traditional LASIK made one eye near-sighted and one far-sighted. The PresbyLASIK technique is widely accepted as the superior treatment for presbyopia and allows medical travelers to get the most up-to-date treatment available while it's still currently unavailable in the U.S.
Lower costs, faster scheduling and cutting-edge surgeries make medical travel the perfect solution for Americans seeking world-class weight loss surgery, cosmetic surgery, cardiac care, orthopedic care, and dental care.
