OK, it's one thing to CHOOSE to go out of the USA for medical treatment...

[thewayne]

From News of the Weird:

Employees who need expensive surgery under their U.S. employers' health-insurance plans may soon be asked to go overseas for the operation, in that surgeries in India, Thailand and Indonesia typically cost about 20 percent of the U.S. prices, according to an August report in the Christian Science Monitor. However, employers may share part of their savings with the worker, who might turn the trip into an exotic family vacation before or after the surgery. [Christian Science Monitor, 8-16-06]

I'm going to have to look on the CSM web site and see if I can find the original article.

Comments

[donkey-hokey.livejournal.com]

This is probably the link you're looking for:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0816/p03s03-usec.html

I would say something like would be OK, as long as it were provided as an alternative to surgery in the US... maybe. According to the article, the company mentioned is making it an option, not a requirement.

Anyway, I'm not going to get on my soapbox about the state of medical care in the US.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

The odd thing about medical care in the US is that we have the best in the world -- IF you are properly insured! If you're not, you're screwed.

Thanks for the link!

[neefsck.livejournal.com]

"So Bob, how did your wisdom teeth removal go?"
"Well Bill, my boss, is doing that thing, where they send you overseas for the operation because its cheaper. You know it?"
"Yeah! Allright! Where did they send you, St Petersburg? Prague? Some nice shiny clinic in thailand?"
"Umm...As far as I know, the place didnt actually have a name"
"well..that cant be all bad huh? Nice rustic? get away, meet the natives and all that? How did jeanie like it?"
"I dont know"
"You dont know?"
"Well..when I woke up, she'd been kidnapped"
"Fuck! What happened"
"I dont know, i was to busy coping with the fact that Id woken up in a bathtub full of ice with only one kidney left and three inches of artery from my left leg missing..."
Jesus christ! Did they at least remove your Wisdom teeth as well?"
"Yup"
"So its a win win situation then?"
"Damn straight"

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

LOL! Masterfully written, sir, masterfully written!

[neefsck.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

My punctuation and grammar leaves much to be desired though. :)

I need an editor. :)

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Don't we all. ;-) I'm married to a grammer nazi, she has no problem pointing out the error of my ways. But she doesn't rub it in, so that's a definite improvement over a previous woman whom I dated.

[neefsck.livejournal.com]

Heh.
My ex is an editor.
Asking her to proofread my stuff was often tricky.

Often I just wanted her to read over something to see how it *felt* conceptually.
Usually, I would get it back with corrections all over it :)