Have you considered Medical Tourism ?
if you need a treatment in the form of hip replacement, knee surgery, or cosmetic surgery, chances are that insurance may cover your treatment. However; there is a possibility that insurance may cover only a portion of the bill and the portion may turn out to be a minor portion or negligible and you may not have a chance to undergo the treatment. Is there hope to the situation facing thousands of people?
Perhaps !!. The answer to your prayers may be ‘Medical Tourism’.
The concept is to leverage the principles similar to the economies of scale and undergo the treatment in a foreign country. The main feature that attracts people may be the cost as the cost may be substantially lower than in the native country.
The traditional treatment may involve the doctor going to the patient. The ‘medical tourism’ treatment may involve the patient going to the doctor. One may also want to consider ethical challenges, legal challenges, cultural challenges before nosediving into the operation.
The important question that may have to be answered is “does it matter if the doctor is 15 miles away or 15000 miles away”?
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