To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (26914 ) 1/15/2006 5:34:47 PM From: lehiguy Read Replies (1) | Respond to Lizzie, you get what you pay for when you go to a Third World Country. There are very little licensing restricitons or the same type of qualifications for recertification in these countries (excluding Canada...but Canada is going to run you the same or more in costs for a procedure without being a Canadian with insurance). Their education is Third World and many of the facilities are poor. Your argument for cheaper health care would only apply in Third World Countries, and the best third world foreign physicians are trained in the US and usually stay here after serving an underdeveloped area. The few that go back, still have an ancillary staff that is subpar at best. So, even if you go for a "fairly benign" surgery such as repair of a hallux valgus deformity (bunionectomy) or arthroscopic knee repair, you may choose a "reputable physician" to perform the procedure, but what about the anesthesiologist, or the nursing staff, or the radiologist reading the post-op film??? There is no way I would trust my face, or life for that matter, to these conditions just to save a buck. If you are a gambler, go for it.
