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Medical and Dental Tourism
I read so much about traveling to where you can vacation and have your medical needs or dental work done at a fraction of the cost. It sounds almost too good to be true.
Both my friend and I need extensive dental work. Her insurance covers none of it and my insurance covers about an eighth of what I need. We are considering traveling to either Tijuana or Cancun instead of having the work done locally. I am looking for people that have experienced medical/dental tourism. Was it all you thought it would be? Were you able to enjoy your destination? Any words of advise? Thank you for any input you have to offer.
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Interesting topic!
I will say don't try to go to Canada for dental care. Crazy expensive! Unfortunately, for the citizens, they have to pay out of pocket, as well.
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It makes sense to me that for dental care there are places that have excellent care at low prices. It isn't like the U.S. owns the market on good dental care! You might want to google and see if you can even find forums for people who seek medical care outside the U.S. If so, they would have to have some conversation about dental care, I would think. You just need to make sure you have heard from enough people to trust that a place is good. The longer the place has been around, the better the chance that the care is good. Alternatively, can you not find a dentist who will do a payment plan? That is what mine is doing...$100 a month for the next two years!
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Thank you for the suggestions.
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I think I also missed your point...you are hitting two birds with one stone...lower medical costs, plus fun!
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My friend had surgery in Korea and spoke very highly of the experience!
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Michael Moore did a documentary on just this topic entitled, "Sicko." Might be
something to watch. He took a group of people in need of healthcare to Cuba. Cuba has one of the best healthcare systems in this part of the world, and one of their major exports to other Caribbean nations and S. America is their excellent medical care. The people who went, some of which required extensive medical work-ups, weren't charged anything. They said that there wasn't even a way to charge people for the care. That's where I am considering going for the extensive dental work that I need. In the US, if you have Medicare, but don't qualify for Medicaid there's no coverage for dental. My disability was over the cutoff for having the double Medicare/Medicaid by 13 dollars...$13.00! What's that going to buy at the dentist's office? The bib they put on you.....maybe...if you're lucky!
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That sucks by $13! I assume that you aren't working at all? If so, decrease your earnings. Some state Medicaid plans do not even give dental. Which is ridiculous. Our teeth is connected to our health. There is some state financing so people can get cheaper dental care, at least (if you qualify). But, I believe that is with programs connected to dental schools. Just like a person can get cheaper hair cuts and such at hair stylist school.
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Bumping to see if I can get more input.
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