300,000 to 400,000 Americans seeking healthcare abroad in 2007?
Excerpt: Here's a Forbes article explining medical tourism's rise in popularity in the US. With so many people uninsured and healthcare so expensive, it's really no surprise:Almost 45 million Americans, or slightly more than 15 percent of the population, are cu...
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Tracked: July 9, 2007 7:17 AM
http://www.travel-plan-idea.com/archives/004154.html
Excerpt: Here's a story about a woman who saved 20,000 on some facial cosmetic surgery by getting it done in Mexico. We know that medical tourism is a growing trend and we know that sometimes it is risky (not that it...
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Tracked: September 11, 2007 12:49 PM
Who gets botox on vacation?
Excerpt: I just read a press release from the Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety (anyone else find that name weird?) that warns patients of the dangers of accepting Botox(R), Restylane(R) or any other cosmetic injection or procedure from unfamiliar phys...
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Tracked: June 8, 2008 2:47 PM