Medical Tourism

When people speak of medical tourism, they are usually discussing the practice of going outside of the country they live and paying for a surgical procedure to be performed. When thinking of planning surgery abroad, what you don't know can hurt you. You want to get a good deal and the highest quality care. You're fearful and overwhelmed by all the choices you must make. You want to make the process to be seamless and stress-free. In this cutting-edge book, you will learn critical information that will make the difference between glowing and dismal results.

Nature holds the answers for Raynor and her husband, Moth. After walking 630 miles homeless along The Salt Path, the windswept and wild English coastline now feels like their home. And despite Moth's terminal diagnosis, against all medical odds, he seems revitalized in nature - outside, they discover that anything is possible. Now, life beyond The Salt Path awaits. As they return to four walls, the sense of home is illusive and returning to normality is proving difficult - until an incredible gesture by someone who reads their story changes everything.

Imagine a young doctor, trained in the latest medical knowledge and state-of-the-art equipment, suddenly transported back to one of the world’s most isolated and unforgiving environments - Nome, Alaska. That’s what happen to Dr. Sims. His plans to become a pediatric surgeon were drastically changed when, on the eve of being drafted into the army to serve as a MASH surgeon in Vietnam, he was offered a commission in the US Public Health for assignment in Anchorage, Alaska, where he was scheduled to act as chief of pediatrics at the Alaska Native Medical Center.

In the United States, Americans pay more for prescription medication than any other country in the entire world. This reality can be heartbreaking for those who simply can’t afford the high cost of their prescribed meds. Why should Americans have to pay a “red, white, and blue” tax on medications when our neighbors to the north and south pay so much less for the same thing? We’re not talking about a small difference, but in some instances, this can be hundreds of dollars. When I was a nurse in a private doctor’s office, I witnessed this stark reality first hand. I witnessed the ...

In "Take a Free Vacation to Thailand," you uncover how your current medical insurance is not keeping you as healthy and as fulfilled in life as you wished. Medical costs are rapidly increasing with no expedient chances of becoming more affordable. For a much lower cost, Thailand can offer high-tech medical care which could compete (if not outpace) the current global standard. The world is getting smaller. What have you done in the last 5 years that truly captivated your heart and freed your soul? Have you always been wishing for a retreat, to get away from it all…in a foreign country? ...

In February 2008 a casual afternoon of ice skating derailed the trip of a lifetime. Mary Morris was on the verge of a well-earned sabbatical, but instead she endured three months in a wheelchair, two surgeries, and extensive rehabilitation. On Easter Sunday, when she was supposed to be in Morocco, Morris was instead lying on the sofa reading Death in Venice, casting her eyes over these words again and again: "He would go on a journey. Not far. Not all the way to the tigers." Disaster shifted to possibility and Morris made a decision.

The purpose of this booklet is to guide you to instant savings as you travel around the country as a healthcare contractor. I have years of experience that I want to share with you, in order to help you safe money. I will give you tips on how to get to your next assignment. I will give you suggestions on where to stay that will save you big, along with many other things.