Companies that are self-insured can reduce their expenses by sending employees overseas for certain medical procedures with no compromises in safety or comfort. Similarly, insurance companies can cut costs by outsourcing some operations for their policy holders.........
The Royal Thai Government and the entire Thai tourism industry have expeditiously actioned several measures to keep visitor flows moving in spite of tough economic times and global fears of swine flu. The government has approved measures to help local operators promote more domestic travel and international visitor arrivals. These involve.....
More than 70 per cent of UAE residents would seek medical treatment overseas if they fell seriously ill, according to a survey that reveals a widespread lack of confidence in the nation’s healthcare system. More than 70 per cent of UAE residents would seek medical treatment overseas......
This February, a 26-year-old Californian woman and her mother boarded a Continental flight for Costa Rica. When they arrived at the Sán Jose International Airport, a driver in a white van picked them up and took them to the five-star Intercontinental hotel. But the woman (who asked only to be identified by her first name, Jessica) hadn’t traveled to the city known as the Big Pineapple only to relax by the pool......
Malaysia has launched a campaign aimed at tourists seeking medical healthcare abroad. Dr Pawel Suwinski, Frost & Sullivan, senior consultant for healthcare said: “The recent promotion of medical tourism in Malaysia is excellent,” he said, referring to promotional initiatives by the Government and the Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia......
Traveling for medical treatment dates back to the ancient Greeks, who believed that Asklepios, the god of healing, smiled upon people who went to Epidauria, the Lourdes of the Saronic Gulf. Health-care costs in the United States are reaching an all-time high of about $2.4 trillion a year, according to the National Institutes of Health.....
Good news for this sunrise industry! The government targets two million foreign patients and annual medical receipts of $2.3 billion from abroad by 2010.
Medical costs are skyrocketing. In response, the federal government is debating a dramatic overhaul to the country’s health care system. But one Quincy-based insurance underwriter thinks Congress has it all wrong. William McKelvey of Hingham claims he’s found a better way to lower costs and improve care......
Bumrungrad International in Bangkok Thailand is one of the largest private hospitals in Southeast Asia with 554 beds and one of the largest international hospitals in the world with up to 400,000 international patients annually.
Cost and quality don’t always mesh, but these two factors are the most common reasons that people travel abroad for health care. Americans, for example, travel to India, Thailand, Singapore, Costa Rica, and other countries for joint replacement, cosmetic surgery, dental treatments, or heart surgery to take advantage of costs that ....
