This excerpt is from an article written in 2006 regarding Americans going overseas for surgery. It\'s been going on for a good while so it seems.
\"Today\'s \"medical refugees,\" the term Smith uses in an article published in the Oct. 19 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, are going to foreign countries for lifesaving procedures such as coronary bypass surgery and heart valve replacement, and also life-enhancing procedures such as hip and knee replacement.
\"People are desperate,\" Smith tells WebMD. \"This illustrates the growing unaffordability of the U.S. health care system, even to people who are by no means indigent.\"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/18/health/webmd/main2104425.shtmlI do think some Dr\'s offices practice over charging, while others try to work with people with no insurance. Some offices have flat fees, pay or don\'t be seen. I suppose it\'s all a matter of checking out the policies of each office before choosing one to go to.
I\'m no longer sure what I think of hospital\'s though. It\'s not like it was back in the day. There\'s to much red tape to cut through and the quality of care seems to be going down.
Insurance premiums themselves would come down if the insurance company\'s would cut the junk out of their systems. The majority of premiums go towards administrative work. If they cut that way back, the cost of policy\'s would go down and more people could afford insurance.
Personally, I would never fly overseas for treatment though. I\'d be concerned about making it there in one piece, but from that article in 06\' it seems many do because it\'s more cost affective.
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