Comments on: Medical Tourism: Dental Work in Bangkok

By: Jim Walter

Jim Walter — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:03:43 +0000

America’s overbloated layers and layers of misused money has resulted in healthcare disaster.

Medical Tourism Portals like http://www.kosansh.com will now become more popular for people seeking low cost international healthcare.

Jim

By: Jasmin

Jasmin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:54:46 +0000

If you want high quality health and dental care in the US, Canada, or Europe, it will be very expensive. Patients are really thankful of medical tourism today. They can avail of health/dental care at a low cost. Dentistry in India, Thailand, Poland, Mexico, and other countries are just among the popular destinations in medical tourism.

By: medical tourism

medical tourism — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:52:28 +0000

Resource poor Jordan is hoping to turn Americans’ misfortune into its fortune. The largely desert kingdom — already established in the Middle East as a top health care destination — is stepping up efforts to tap into the multibillion dollar medical tourism market with a campaign to lure U.S. citizens weary of soaring health care costs.

By: jessiev

jessiev — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:32:27 +0000

who knew? thanks so much! i appreciate this, and will keep it in mind. i’d much rather go to thailand and have dental work than just have dental work with NO trip.

By: Norris Hall

Norris Hall — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:08:37 +0000

I highly recommend traveling overseas for medical treatment.
My wife and I are in our 60’s self employed. Our Blue shield plan costs us $920 a month for a plan with an $8000 deductible.
Needless to say we are basically self insured.
To meet our medical needs we have been traveling to Thailand for the last 4-5 years for medical care
It has worked out great. We pay 1/10-1/20 the cost medical and dental. Last November I had an operation for a condition known as dysphagia. We priced the operation in the US…$2500 which we would have to pay out of pocket. The cost at Chulalongkorn hospital in Bangkok…$100. Needless to say I waited and had the procedure done in Bangkok. 7 months later the swallowing difficulty I was having is gone.
Of course you have to pay for airfare and hotel bills. We set aside about $1500-$2000 per person for that.
When we get to Bangkok we see the dentist, get full physicals and blood work, see a doctor for all our aches and pains and get our medications (at least 25% cheaper than the same meds in California)
We feel our health has improved since going to Thailand because we don’t have to make choices between cost and treatment. If we need treatment we get it..and pay cash. Plus we don’t have to deal with the insurance company telling us what treatments are covered and which are not.
If you are lucky enough to have a decent insurance plan in the US, this is not for you. But if you are underinsured like us…this is an answer to our prayers. Finally healthcare we can afford