A "small but steadily growing number" of U.S. residents "are moving across the border" into Mexican nursing homes, which provide care at a "fraction" of the price of U.S. facilities, reports USA Today.
About 40,000 to 80,000 U.S. retirees currently live in Mexico, but no data exist on the number of retirees who live in nursing homes.
Residents caution that quality of care varies greatly in an industry that is just getting off the ground here. Many Mexican nursing homes are "run out of private homes," and, as a result, "regulation by state health departments is often spotty," USA Today reports. In addition, some Mexican nursing homes "have suddenly gone bankrupt, forcing American residents to move," and others "have rough edges, such as peeling paint or frayed sofas, that would turn off many Americans," according to USA Today.
I have done work in the medical tourism arena for hospitals. I am fascinated by this concept for the nursing home industry. As we first noted, there was a story about a family going to India. Now we have it closer to home. Where is Canada in this mix?
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With over 45 million Americans without health insurance and many more heading to retirement age, its important that each of us becomes awre of the pros and cons of outsourcing Medical Treatment.
Steve Forbes says in the aug 13th issue of Forbes that it will be a $10 billion industry by 2010.
Obviously moving to India/ Mexico is an extreme step but how about going there for full health exams, and elective non life threatning procedures. Check out
www.medical-treatment-in-india.com and
http://medical-treatment-in-india.blogspot.com/
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