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Choosing a Medical Travel Advocate

Once your and your doctor have talked it over and you’ve, at the very least, decided you’re going to look into Medical Tourism, where are you going to get reliable information? That’s where a Medical Tourism Advocate comes in. These companies have spent years and many dollars developing relationships with the best people and top-notch doctors that work in the most advanced hospitals around the [...]

Stem Cells and Medical Tourism

Stem cells are being used to treat some really horrible health conditions. You’ve probably heard the debate over the use of embryonic stem cells, but that seems to be a bit of a distraction. Information that sidesteps the ethical arguments and focuses on the efficacy of treatments in real life seems to be lacking due [...]

Medical Tourism: Some Stats, Stat!

More people are looking for healthcare alternatives. Even in the so-called “down economy” relief can still be found by traveling for medical care. International healthcare over the last 15 years has come a long way. The idea that medical care outside the United States is not as good is ridiculous. Why limit your choices based [...]

Trusting Medical Tourism

It’a good to know there are people looking out for you.  Deloitte LLC recently published the 2009 Medical Tourism Update. You can find the entire report here.

This report lists the Medical Tourism Association’s guidelines for those considering travel abroad for medical treatment.

They are:

Medical care outside the US should be voluntary.
Financial incentives to go outside the [...]

Medical Travel - a true alternative.

6 million Americans will travel abroad for health care in 201o.

As most you know the cost medical treatment has been steadily increasing. Statistics show that the costs nationwide have topped $2.2 trillion in 2007, and once the numbers for 2008 come in, that will increase to $2.4 trillion. The National Health Expenditure Projection for [...]