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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Road Walker who wrote (2330)	10/26/2007 6:27:05 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Net/net I would bet that the US medical tourist numbers are at least 2 to 1 outflow. I doubt that matters. The tourism is for different reasons. One is for quality, particularly timeliness. The other is for cost, which applies mainly to procedures such as cosmetic ones, that aren't covered by insurance, and access to unregulated procedures. Apples and oranges.

To: Road Walker who wrote (2330)	10/26/2007 1:02:31 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

John: "I would bet that the US medical tourist numbers are at least 2 to 1 outflow. But I can't prove it." You opinion differs from my own. I suspect that there is a net inflow. Perhaps the reason that your opinion is that there is a net outflow is from the people you are exposed to: ("Bangkok Phuket Hospital is the premier place to go for sex-change surgery.") This is not intended to make any inference about your sexuality, but you admit to associating more with liberals and people whom don't queston the morality of that type of procedure are considerably more likely to be secular progressives (liberals). "Ten years ago, medical tourism was hardly large enough to be noticed. " By whom? It seems like the evening news years ago had stories on monthly or more frequently with video of foreign dignitaries in America for medical tourism. It was hard to name any foreign elder statesman that had not been to Mayo Clinic. "Medical tourism will be particularly attractive in the United States, where an estimated 43 million people are without health insurance and 120 million without dental coverage--numbers that are both likely to grow." It is neat how the author worked in their bias. The bias might have increase your assessment of its credibility. "Patients in Britain, Canada and other countries with long waiting lists for major surgery will be just as eager to take advantage of foreign health-care options." They already are. The US is a primary destination after government bureaucrats deny them the right to life saving medical procedures or inform them that the delay for medical treatment (or diagnosis) is excessively long.