for those that can afford even that. most are simply going without, or with what they can get through medicare/ medicaid.
On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:27:19 -0500, Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > leaking pen wrote: > > the funny part is, thats not actually a joke. > Not a joke at all. It is becoming quite common, and people who have been to > India recommend it. > > > . . . there IS a lot of outsourcing going on, and people here in the us > making scads of cash, > the ones that could actually afford the treatment here find it cheaper to > fly overseas . . . > Everyone finds it cheaper. The round-trip airfare from Atlanta is $1,200. > They will charge you that much for Kleenex in an Atlanta hospital. Middle > class and poor people are going. Especially people who have a serious > illness and no health insurance. > > I exaggerated the difference in cost. A hip operation that costs ~$24,000 in > the US is available for $6,600 to Americans in India. The extra $1,200 for > airfare hardly matters. See: > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1022456.cms > > The hospital described here has treated 43,000 foreign patients in the last > 3.5 years. > > - Jed > -- "Monsieur l'abb�, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write" Voltaire
