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http://one.revver.com/watch/373522
What do you all think?
I think that it's the beginning of "globalization" of health care. Free market healthcare in its nascent stages.
I think that competition is healthy in all forms. Over time, some of these overseas hospitals will establish themselves as centers of excellence. And if they are cheaper alternatives then all the better. Why should someone pay 40,000 dollars for a hip replacement by an average, run-of-the-mill community hospital in the US, when he/she can have the same operation by potentially a better team somewhere else for a fraction of the cost?
However I do think that patients should understand that if there is a complication, the surgeon that performed their operation may be inaccessible. And for surgeons in the US, get ready to take care of these overseas complications....
What do you all think?
I think that it's the beginning of "globalization" of health care. Free market healthcare in its nascent stages.
I think that competition is healthy in all forms. Over time, some of these overseas hospitals will establish themselves as centers of excellence. And if they are cheaper alternatives then all the better. Why should someone pay 40,000 dollars for a hip replacement by an average, run-of-the-mill community hospital in the US, when he/she can have the same operation by potentially a better team somewhere else for a fraction of the cost?
However I do think that patients should understand that if there is a complication, the surgeon that performed their operation may be inaccessible. And for surgeons in the US, get ready to take care of these overseas complications....