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Middle East
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Jordan Tops Region as Medical Tourism Hub
September 08, 2008 15:42 PM
AMMAN, Sept 8 (Bernama) -- The World Bank medical tourism experts ranked Jordan number one in the Arab region and the fifth in the world as a medical tourism hub, China's Xinhua news agency quoted a local daily as reporting on Monday. |
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UAE Competing in Medical Tourism
The UAE is rapidly expanding its infrastructure in a bid to grab a bigger slice of the thriving health tourism market, but it faces hurdles in its quest to become a hub for medical travel. |
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North America
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AeroMexico's new service to New Orleans may boost medical travelby Jaquetta White, The Times-Picayune
When Sue Sorey needed hip replacement surgery, her husband, the Rev. Galen Sorey, called hospitals in the couple's hometown of Baton Rouge to get estimates of the cost.
The Soreys planned to pay for the surgery themselves because Sue, a Type II diabetic, did not have health insurance. But the estimates they received ranged from $60,000 to $100,000, Galen Sorey said. The figures were so wide-ranging, he didn't know how to go about saving and planning for the procedure.
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Northern America
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A Prescription for American Health Careby John C Goodman
President, National Center for Policy Analysis
Reprinted by permission from Imprimis, a publication of Hillsdale College.
The following is adapted from a speech delivered in Naples, Florida, on February 18, 2009, at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar.
I'll start with the bad news: When we get through the economic time that we're in right now, we're going to be confronted with an even bigger problem. The first of the Baby Boomers started signing up for early retirement under Social Security last year. Two years from now they will start signing up for Medicare. All told, 78 million people are going to stop working, stop paying taxes, stop paying into retirement programs, and start drawing benefits. The problem is, neither Social Security nor Medicare is ready for them. The federal government has made explicit and implicit promises to millions of people, but has put no money aside in order to keep those promises. Some of you may wonder where Bernie Madoff got the idea for his Ponzi scheme. Clearly he was studying federal entitlement policy. |
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Pacific
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Singapore Doc Pushes for Stem Cell Transplant
From: Sun Star - Cebu
Saturday, September 20, 2008
IF STAKEHOLDERS in the local medical tourism industry would work together, stem cell transplant operations can become a service that Cebu-based hospitals may offer. |
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Pacific
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Malaysia: Medical Tourism at a Glance
Those who wish to seek medical treatment abroad should include Malaysia in their consideration lists. Located in the heart of Southeast Asia, Malaysia is fast becoming a major destination for medical tourism. |
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Medical Tourists Choose Malaysia
Treatment Abroad 5/8/2008
There has been a noticeable rise in the number of people seeking treatment abroad in Malaysia, figures from a recent survey show.
According to the Association of Private Hospitals in Malaysia, 232,161 foreign patients became medical tourists to the country in 2005, rising to 296,687 in 2006 and 341,288 in 2007. |
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