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Are 'Operation Vacations' Worth the Trip?
Fox News
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
By Paul Eisenberg
Shortly after arriving in India, Ann Stoda got a pair of sandals that dramatically improved her wardrobe.
Her husband Doug got a procedure that dramatically improved his life.
The couple from Wisconsin had never been on a commercial aircraft before. And they likely wouldn’t have chosen Chennai as the endpoint for their maiden flight in 2006 had it not been for the moment years earlier when Doug wrenched his hip while climbing off the skidder he used for logging.
With three kids and no health insurance, Doug pushed through his hip pain for the next 12 years, eventually getting out of logging. The hip cartilage he damaged had degenerated to the point where “in the hip itself there was relatively no movement left,” he says. “I had a fairly significant limp and ended up working with Ann for a cleaning company…and with the pain, got tired out working 10-hour stretches.” |
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13 Smart Questions and Quick Answers About Medical TourismWhat you need to know before deciding to travel abroad for healthcare
By Josef Woodman
Posted October 1, 2008
1. Is Healthcare Overseas Safe? Interestingly, the friends and family members of patients considering healthcare abroad ask this question more often than do the patients themselves. In fact, at least one friend or family member is virtually guaranteed to balk at the thought of your heading overseas for treatment. Most of these concerns are unfounded. They usually arise either from a lack of knowledge or from cultural myopia.
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Medical Travel Facilitators
Medical travel planners call themselves by several names but you will find that most have some variation or combination of common services: |
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Recovery Retreats
A medical recovery retreat is a facility that is especially set up for recovering from procedures and/or treatments. It's a "half-way house" between the hospital and the hotel. Many are directly linked to a hospital, and part of the patient's medical journey includes "stepping down" from the hospital to the recovery facility. |
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Hospitals
In the US, the cost of hospital care has skyrocketed in recent years. Many people who have need of healthcare are either underinsured or uninsured. As a result the medical tourism industry has been created and hospitals around the world have answered the need for quality affordable healthcare. |
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Passports & Visas
Passports are always an issue when you are planning international travel. The online information for the passport office for the United States can be found at: http://www.state.gov and look for travel and business.
If you already have a destination ticket, it might be possible to expedite the passport process by going to one of the 13 regional passport agency offices
http://www.travel.state.gov/passport/ about/agencies/agencies_913.html |
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Procedures & Treatments
For several years now, people have been going overseas to places like Thailand, India, Costa Rica, Brazil and other far-flung locations to save money on surgeries. This practice is known as medical tourism. |
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