Re:TV doctors say annual checkups save lives. Real doctors c...
by toast0 on Saturday May 27, 2023 @11:00PM
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> Who can manage an international trip each time they need medical help?
> Not everyone can afford the delay, the time, the money or the inconvenience.
If you have no symptoms and it's follow up for a routine screening test, you can probably afford the delay. The time is certainly an issue, although if you can get any needed subsequent tests and care immediately internationally, it might be less time overall. The money could work out in favor of international travel, depending on the details; almost certainly less all things included, but not necessarily less if you're only counting money that comes directly out of your pocket.
The real question is when does it become legal for insurers to send you overseas for care, and when does it become legal for medicare and medicaid to do it.
> Not everyone can afford the delay, the time, the money or the inconvenience.
If you have no symptoms and it's follow up for a routine screening test, you can probably afford the delay. The time is certainly an issue, although if you can get any needed subsequent tests and care immediately internationally, it might be less time overall. The money could work out in favor of international travel, depending on the details; almost certainly less all things included, but not necessarily less if you're only counting money that comes directly out of your pocket.
The real question is when does it become legal for insurers to send you overseas for care, and when does it become legal for medicare and medicaid to do it.