Health
Social Security: The Real Issue
Sep 22, 2008 18:40
Social Security is a moral issue, not an exclusively
economic or financial one.
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Medical Tourism
Aug 14, 2008 20:49
Via
Dean
Baker,
The
Economist
notes that an increasing number of Americans are
travelling abroad for expensive medical procedures
and discovering that they receive equal or better
care in places like Singapore or India than here,
often for less than the deductables and copayments
that their domestic healthcare insurance requires.
Real competition can have some good effects. I wonder how the increase in air fares will affect medical tourism? Perhaps someone will convert a cruise ship into a first-class hospital. Recuperate while sailing to France — or back home. There are many opportunities to capture American medical dollars.
The Economist: Operating profit
Real competition can have some good effects. I wonder how the increase in air fares will affect medical tourism? Perhaps someone will convert a cruise ship into a first-class hospital. Recuperate while sailing to France — or back home. There are many opportunities to capture American medical dollars.
The Economist: Operating profit