There are about 45 millions of Americans who does not have health insurance and it is due to the rising costs of medical care. According to the national coalition for health care, "In 2007 the total national health expenditures were expected to rise 6.9 percent - two times the rate of inflation. Total spending was $2.3 TRILLION in 2007, or $7600 per person. Total health insurance spending represented 16 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP)".

I suggest you to search for the movie Sicko from Michael Moore on your local video store and you will see how health insurance companies think about their customers, and you will see why you don't have the finest health system in the world as president Nixon said.

But some years ago something came up, something that started to care about those millions of Americans who needed surgical procedures that were not available because of the high costs or the long wait times. Something that even can make a reality the dream to have plastic surgery.

Medical tourism is traveling to another country to get medical treatment, and the main reason for people to go overseas for health care is the cost, but there are other reasons like the shorter wait times to get attention on the procedures you may need and the top notch medical facilities and expertise of doctors in countries like India, Thailand and Colombia.

Many doctors and so called specialist says that traveling outside the United States in search for health care involves a lot of risks, but I think that is more risky to try to get health care in a country where almost 15% of his population can't get access to health insurance just because it prohibitive costs. Don't misunderstand me, I think America is a great country one of the bests in the world, but hey about health care America got the 37th place just above Slovenia.


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