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**VipInoLo** · 04-10-2009, 05:34 AM

The best healthcare in the world is in the United States. It is why tens of thousands of people come to the US every year to recieve medical care. What about the tens of thousands of Americans who seek out health care abroad? In 2003 alone, over 30,000 Americans choose to travel abroad for surgeries and dental care: Medical Vacation Overseas, Health Tourism, Affordable Surgery abroad, Europe, Bulgaria, Turkey, Czech Republic

Have you ever heard of Try landing in the middle of Berlin not speaking German and see how that works out. I can assure you that it would be much easier than vice versa--landing in a NYC hospital and only speaking German.

The article that I cited above from the NY Daily News also contained a nifty chart in the print edition, which unfortunately was not included int he online version of the paper. It compared the USA, Germany, Canada, UK, Netherlands and three or four other countries according to a set of criteria such as, average time to see primary care physician, average lifespan, average time for a cancer patient to begin chemo treatment, etc. and trust me, the USA didn't fare that well. I don't have that chart here with me, but when I lay my hands on it again, i will reproduce it here.

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VipInoLo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 568 Senior Member	The best healthcare in the world is in the United States. It is why tens of thousands of people come to the US every year to recieve medical care. What about the tens of thousands of Americans who seek out health care abroad? In 2003 alone, over 30,000 Americans choose to travel abroad for surgeries and dental care: Medical Vacation Overseas, Health Tourism, Affordable Surgery abroad, Europe, Bulgaria, Turkey, Czech Republic Have you ever heard of Try landing in the middle of Berlin not speaking German and see how that works out. I can assure you that it would be much easier than vice versa--landing in a NYC hospital and only speaking German. The article that I cited above from the NY Daily News also contained a nifty chart in the print edition, which unfortunately was not included int he online version of the paper. It compared the USA, Germany, Canada, UK, Netherlands and three or four other countries according to a set of criteria such as, average time to see primary care physician, average lifespan, average time for a cancer patient to begin chemo treatment, etc. and trust me, the USA didn't fare that well. I don't have that chart here with me, but when I lay my hands on it again, i will reproduce it here.
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