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Medical Travel to the Dead Sea

Posted on 30 September 2008 in Uncategorized by admin

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It is not only a matter of cost or jumping the “que”  that can often be a determinant positive factor in medical tourism .  Often as well it can be specific or unique medical treatment or treatments that may play the most important determining factor alone.  Take for example the unique healing qualities of dead sea “mud”.

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For millennium the dead see mud was known to have health benefits.  This earth from the dead sea can has the highest concentration of salt and minerals known in the world.  The dead sea area is the lowest part of the world.  Being so low it is downright hot.  Moisture evaporates out of the water of the dead sea.  There is no outlet for the water to drain to.  Its one giant sink hole.  The high salinity ( of the extreme) will osmotically draw the toxins out of patient’s bodies.  People with skin diseases such as psoriasis have been known to greatly benefit from the dead sea spa treatments and flock to this area.  The testaments of psoriasis sufferers who have travelled to the dead sea attest to this.   In addition to this patients with respiratory problems such as  asthma and cystic fibrosis seem to benefit from treatment with dead sea water and mud as well

Dead Sea bottled • Eczema Treatment and Care – Each year thousands of psoriasis sufferers flock to the Dead Sea in Israel to bathe in the sea and have their Psoriasis relieved by the miracles of this highly salt concentrated body of enriched water.

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Fall Skin Care Alert: Prepare Now for Drier Weather – In fact, probably the best (and ironically, historically oldest) psoriasis treatment is visiting the Dead Sea region, where the combination of soaking in mineral-rich waters and long-term exposure to low UV light (the Dead Sea is at …

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Taking Care Of Your Skin With The Best Of Dead Sea Products! – Dead Sea salts have been scientifically proven to control skin conditions like Psoriasis, Eczema as well as several other skin diseases which have no treatment. You can see the advantages are many, but not all of us can go hop, …

Jordan Days 3 and 4; Dead Sea – There are numerous benefits from soaking in the water and many people come to the dead sea for weeks at a time to provide treatment for psoriasis, arthritis, rheumatism, dermatitis and eczema. – The low altitude enriches the air with …

Dead Sea Salt Bars – Galenus said the water was good for arthritis, psoriasis, eczema, relaxation and relieving tension. King Solomon, in the Biblical book of Samuel gave the Queen of Sheba with Dead Sea salts upon her visit to the Holy Land. …

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Local Health Care Insurance Utilization of Medical Tourism

Posted on 19 September 2008 in Uncategorized by admin

What is interesting to note is that even the medical insurance industry has now stepped into the act of evaluation , promotion and use of medical tourism both as a cost saving and queue shortening procedure..
Some will say that the basic tactic and reputation of insurance companies is to gladly accept insurance premiums while trying to shirk or avoid payouts.  While this is not true, it is true that as if with any business profitability is key.   Thus any cost savings or reductions are highly powered for any insurance provider or company due to its very powerful effect on the bottom line.  Any cost savings are money earned for the firm.  The one major concern to medical insurance providers who utilize medical tourism in an effort to save costs is prevention of any additional costs – whether it is for additional therapy when the patient returns home and has problems, or even of lawsuits.  For patients themselves it can be a nightmare.  The foreign medical care may be protected first by actual geographic and cost logistics, their legal and / or medical system and the costs of conducting legal actions in the far away foreign country.  As a result the first actions of unhappy or ill treated medical tourists who have been sent for far away medical care by their health care insurance company is to seek redress from their insurance provider.
As a result health care insurance companies have shied away from using medical tourism and medical tourist facilities – at least until the cost structure more than justified it.

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Medical Tourism Stats on the Increase

Posted on 19 September 2008 in Uncategorized by admin

Medical tourism is a topical subject.  It depends on which side of the fence you are on – patient , patient with or without adequate funds , on what side of the “patient que”  you are on , or is there at queue at all.  People travel to foreign countries for products or services all the time .  Whether it is someone seeking jewelery or even a salami that is not available “at home”  or a Canadian on their way to purchase a Canadian NAFTA Canadian made Toyota only to discover that when the costs are all counted they are ahead of the game financially and even had a sort of holiday or vacation to boot.  It may be true that the lovely people at the border may make your like difficult, even if you are well prepared – but at the end of the day you have your car and your savings and that’s  that.

Medial tourism is no different.  Patients travel to foreign countries in order to receive medical care or medical care , or pharmaceuticals  that are not available at home , at a price they can afford , the wait time is too long , or perhaps they wish to have their medical services , and their recovery period away from prying eyes – often in the case of cosmetic surgeries.

In fact , the numbers bear up the increased popularity of “medical tourism”.  Recently Deloite – the international respected consulting firm came up with the conclusions that during the fiscal year of 2007 an estimated 750,000 Americans travelled abroad for medical care.  In fact the prevailing estimate that by the year of 2010  the number of American medical tourists may swell to 6 million patients.

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Medical Treatment Costs – A Relative View

Posted on 14 September 2008 in Uncategorized by admin

 

                    To many overseas , or even in Canada , the concept of not being provided with medical care – uninsured or not insured , or not being able to afford medical care may sound unlikely or even preposterous.   Yet it is the sad fact for many in the United States.  On top of that health care costs themselves in the U.S. compared to other places are relatively much higher.   This is said to be the result of many causes – not one in themeselves.    It costs money to run a business – especially in the states.  Doctors not only have to be paid relatively large pay scales compared to the U.K., Europe and Canada and yet their costs are not small .   Doctors have to pay substantial costs for health care insurance due to the plague or almost an industry of lawsuits against them.  It is said that having 2 lawyers in a town increases the total costs of legal services and  total services used immensely .  Imagine a whole industry based on seeking lawsuits against medical practitioners.  Its defensive medical system at its finest.  On top of that add other costs – costs of modern equipment , running a hospital often with unionized staff .  On more point is the cost of administration – both in the medical insurance plans and companies for administration and non payment and collection of bills to doctors.

                    What is interesting is that even though patients and health care consumers in other countries with socialized or public health care believe all in all that their healthcare is “free”  even though they may be subsidizing it greatly with tax dollars either specifically collected for that purpose or from general tax accounts – from say gasoline taxes or income taxes.

                  Even though these citizens may be astounded that someone in America will gladly pay for medical treatment in their countries the actual consumer may see it as a tremendous bargain and value when all costs are counted up.   Its similar to a Canadian citizen making a special trip to farwaway Texas or Florida to purchase a automobile to bring it back to Canada.  Even though the car may be manufactured in Canada under free trade Nafta rules when it is all said and done they may be greatly ahead in the bargain – even when including travel as well as other costs.  To boot they even get a sort of vacation away from home during the cold Canadian winter.   The Canadian car industry may not like it , however you cannot  “have your cake and it too”.  If these local north american industries wish to benefit from the economies of scale that a free larger market provides for , they cannot pick and choose what rules and procedures they wish to follow and which they don’t.  The only people in the equation who may be perplexed may well be the customs officers at the Canadian border who when finding that even when the rules are followed , they cannot stop the process.  It is all perfectly legal and proper.  If the customs agent was not suave enough to use those same rules – and even contacts to obtain a similar bargain that is their issue and not one of the thorough and determined modern consumer.

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People Back Home May Well Benefit from Offshore Medical Tourism

Posted on 14 September 2008 in Uncategorized by admin

Medical tourism not only has beneficial effects for patients treated or their families.  Medical tourism can be credited often with quicker access to medical care – in effect jumping the cue.  Medical tourism may also afford more privacy to patients in cases of cosmetic surgeries.   In addition medical tourism may also provide for care to be provided , due to reasons of cost so that treatment which may not of been affordable to the patient – either the surgery itself , or a fuller treatment or convalescent time is made available and within the budgets of the patients and their families.  Often as well somewhat of a vacation is provided to the patient and their families as an added bonus.

One often unstated and unappreciated benefit of medical tourism is to provide positive competition for medical care at home – this especially relates to the medical care in the United States – which is primarily a private , for profit , health care system.

Having an option of medical tourism provides competition to the standard health care systems.  We all know that compeition results in “things getting better”.   Whether in the case of lemonade stands,  the American automobile industry or medical care competition usually , if not always results in improvements in delivery systems , product quality and offerings and service levels.   Established players are put back in the game to “watch the ball”  or “watch the puck”.  The cannot get complacent.  If they have gotten complacent or even cocky – then there is a new kid in town to keep them alert .  In essence if you were referring to a controlling pseudo-managress with an attitude problem at your local bank – its as if you told her “there are no shortage of other banks to go “.

It can be said that under communism everyone had a job in Russia but no one had enough to eat.  Competition helps to keep everyone in check , productive and providing higher levels of service.

So is it with the positive effects of medical tourism even on medical treatment  “back home”.    Your health care coverage and costs may well benefit from medical tourism even if you never leave home or “the farm”.

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