Posted by EdR in Uncategorized on October 14, I took care of my mother, who lived in Mexico, and covered many medical procedures in private hospitals there. Docs are much more attentive, spend much more time with you, and are spiritually and personally enlightened. No one spoke english. It was fast, accurate and inexpensive. A computer operated device did all the work. Not major surgery but an example f how other countries do things better and more cheaply than we do. I have had several friends do the Belgium clinic for hip replacements and they have had good results.
My belief is that politics and money are the biggest barrier to our health care system which worries me if the government which is all about politics and money is allowed to control the system. Shame on our health care system which forces its citizens to have to make these kinds of decisions! As such, having an implant may become a necessary reality eventually. I walk miles a day for exercise.
These days I often ponder if I will be able to do this next year, next month, or tomorrow. Undoubtedly, I would travel to Belgium or wherever to obtain the affordable care needed for me to continue this lifestyle.
Anyone who criticizes foreign care without having even travelled outside of the states is simply naive and oversold on our medical system. Being the costliest has not made it the best. The pain from a worn out joint is debilitating. Both were days in the Hospital post surgery, a week of post surgery hospital rehab, and a month of physical therapy. We pay for our health care through taxes and never have to worry about receiving medical attention.
Global healthcare pricing and competition will continue and the US will have to compete in that market, or lose out on all the future boomers. It is a sad commentary on our country that anyone is forced to go to another country for a surgery that is out of reach of many people. Folks should know that Cuba — 90 miles from our shore — has one of the best orthopedic hospitals in the world with costs lower than Belguim, Lack of access to the medical resources in Cuba is another sad result of the embargo and travel ban that is hurting our own citizens.
