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[*] posted on 12-17-2013 at 07:48 AM
Medical Tourism Booming in Baja


http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/dec/16/medical-tourism-booming...



Medical tourism to Baja California has risen nearly 18 percent since 2010, Mexico’s Frontera newspaper reports.

The head of Baja California’s medical tourism cluster, Karim Chalita Rodríguez, told Frontera that more than 500,000 visitors have sought medical or dental care in Baja California this year.

Most medical tourists are from California, but Mexican border cities are making a big push to attract visitors from inland states as well. As we’ve reported, a van service drives people from Las Vegas to Mexicali monthly for medical services.

The trip, at just $30 round-trip, is subsidized by the Mexicali tourism board. Authorities have even managed to get around the long border waits that might scare people off by offering special lanes to speed medical tourists back to the U.S.

More and more Latin American countries are trying to get in on the medical tourism boom. As we recently reported, a Nicaraguan hospital is advertising to the Latino population in the U.S., hoping to lure them to the Central American country for cheaper hip replacements and artificial knees.

But these countries might soon face a new challenge in the Affordable Care Act. If it works as planned, insurance companies should cover many of these procedures for U.S. residents. If so, Latin America’s plastic surgeons and others offering purely esthetic procedures may be getting the bulk of American medical tourists in the future.

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[*] posted on 12-17-2013 at 10:40 AM


A company from England is building a new four story, medical tourism hospital between San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas. The facility includes an adjacent boutique hotel for family members. Beautiful views from all the recovery rooms! ;D As I recall, this company has built six of these hospitals around the world and they are reported to be very successful financially. The San Jose facility should be on line in the next couple of months.
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[*] posted on 12-17-2013 at 12:31 PM


Business will be booming in Mexico once Obamacare is in full swing.
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