Related kind of, Healthcare tourism is getting bigger every year because prices here are out of control. A person can go on vacation to a different country and get a procedure and save enough money to pay for the vacation. I was in Asia for 17 days last month. Did the research and found a highly rated dentist in Vietnam and had a crown on a molar and a whitening. All for a whopping 300.00 out the door. I looked at the saving alone paid for my week there on vacation including hotel, food, and round trip from Bangkok. I have dental insurance and my copay would have been more than double on the crown alone. Whitening here would have been 500.00 at my dentist. Talked to someone who paid out of pocket for a hip replacement in Thailand. 6500.00 cash. Bangkok hospital is rated in the top 50 in the world.
Someone please blow a hole in this idea
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That’s true, but it is a two-way thing.
Early in my career I went to hospitals all over the country. One of my busiest accounts was in Buffalo, with a lot of the patients coming in from Canada. These were complex spine surgeries, so a fairly niche thing.
Pucky Freak
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I priced out my own mental health treatment on Canada’s single-payer system and it is $10k more expensive than what I pay now through BCBS. Bottom line, their list of what is considered necessary care is a lot shorter than some of the better private plans in the US.
BuzzH
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For Canadian citizens?
Pucky Freak
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Correct.
Rainer
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You can't lump everything into "Canadian Healthcare" umbrella. Healthcare is run by the provinces and each province is different.
Pucky Freak
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Good to know. My reference was Alberta.
Rainer
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Ya, health care professionals are fleeing Alberta and Saskatchewan in droves.
