| What is medical tourism? Indeed could you | | | | population, relatively high wealth. The high |
| become a medical tourist in the future? | | | | expenses of health care "back home" and / or |
| Perhaps.Perhaps you live in a place such as | | | | limited access or long wait times for medical |
| the U.K. or Canada where either there are | | | | care and / or medical procedures. It used to |
| long queues for medical procedures or care. | | | | be that the best medical care was in the |
| Perhaps as in the case in Canada that not | | | | wealth industrialized countries. Rochester at |
| only are there long queue lines for medical | | | | the Mayo Clinic or in private hospitals in |
| care but Socialist thinking makes it | | | | the U.K. The brightest of the third world |
| impossible and indeed immoral for any one to | | | | often went to the wealthy countries and |
| jump the queue. According the standard | | | | stayed on as they felt both their |
| socialist trend thinking in Canada, if a | | | | professional and financial options were more |
| person mortgages their home in order to | | | | than limited in countries of origin. Not now. |
| obtain a life saving kidney transplant | | | | The world had become a much smaller place |
| overseas, then they are considered to be an | | | | with modern communications and travel. Costs |
| evil person who has "jumped the queue".. | | | | (especially labor which is a major component |
| Indeed as noted medical economist M. L. | | | | of any health care system) is much less. |
| Labovitch notes that in the" North End | | | | Furthermore the industrialized world has a |
| Socialist mindset ", that had this person | | | | legacy of an older infrastructure and labor |
| completed the real estate transaction to | | | | codes. Everything that is set up or |
| travel and party or to buy government | | | | purchased in the former areas of the third |
| sponsored lottery tickets then they would be | | | | world where medical tourism is expanding is |
| commended and all would be fine and dandy. | | | | usually brand new, if not state or the art. |
| Finally it may be that it may be that you | | | | And if outside help or expertise is required |
| just cannot afford the cost of medical | | | | this is readily accessible in our new modern |
| treatment of medical procedure in your | | | | age of high speed internet communications and |
| geographic and home area. There is nothing | | | | transportation. Standards of care and level |
| new under the sun in the concept of medical | | | | of medical expertise are generally just as |
| tourism. Indeed the first recorded examples | | | | high as and sometimes even higher than at |
| of medical tourism date back thousands of | | | | home in the industrialized wealthy counties. |
| yeas when Greek pilgrims traveled from all | | | | Indeed instead of an old steamy dingy |
| the Mediterranean to the small territory in | | | | hospital cafeteria that you expected the |
| the Sardonic Gulf called Epidauria. Epidauria | | | | medical tourist may well think that they are |
| was the sanctuary of the healing god | | | | in a luxury 5 star resort. As the New York |
| Asklepios. Epidauria was the first original | | | | Times columnist Thomas Friedman noted in 0his |
| travel destination for what has become to be | | | | authoritative books " The World is Flat" , |
| known as "Medical Tourism". Medical tourists | | | | "France can forgot about trying to save her 6 |
| can come from anywhere in the world including | | | | week worker vacation period standard |
| the United States Europe, the U.K., the | | | | holidays.". "In India they are trying to |
| Middle East, This because of the large | | | | figure out how they can work 24 hours a day". |