Why American Medical Care Could Soon Be Like Air Travel
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/11/13/244762725/why-american-medical-care-could-soon-be-like-air-travel
The bigger problem these days is how much we're being charged for drugs, hospital stays, doctors and bureaucracy, according to an analysis in JAMA, the American Medical Association's journal. Those items have accounted for almost 91 percent the ...
Don't cheat on your travel medical insurance application
http://www.thestar.com/business/personal_finance/2013/11/10/dont_cut_corners_on_snowbird_travel_medical_insurance.html
What's worrisome is that about one-quarter of Canadians going abroad will have no medical insurance, says Isabelle Forget, Head of Travel Insurance for RBC Insurance. ?If something were to happen, it could cost you $50,000 or $100,000 if you don't have ...
Why medical tourists need specialist medical travel insurance: Part 2
http://www.imtj.com/articles/2013/why-specialist-medical-travel-insurance-two-30184/
Ian Youngman from IMTJ continues his review of the use and availability of specialist travel insurance for medical tourism. Globally only a handful of agencies and insurers have introduced specialist medical travel insurance covers, and in the last ...
Why medical tourists need specialist medical travel insurance
http://www.imtj.com/articles/2013/why-specialist-medical-travel-insurance-30182/
Ian Youngman from IMTJ reviews the use and availability of specialist travel insurance for medical tourism. Some medical tourists and their companions believe that that normal travel insurance is all that they need. While this may be true for people ...
The rise and risks of medical tourism
http://ebn.benefitnews.com/news/rise-risks-medical-tourism-2737417-1.html
As medical travel grows in popularity and expands to other countries, U.S. employers need to be educated on the ins and outs of tourism to ensure safety of their employees and avoid fraud. It's also important for patients to do their own research, and ...
When travel is the best medicine
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mmf/news/bulletin/2013/when-travel-is-the-best-medicine.html
Her work is possible thanks to a gift from James Moller, M.D., and his wife, Carol Moller, who created the Moller Scholarship for International Medicine. The award covers up to $2,000 in travel expenses for up to 10 fourth-year medical students at the ...
Using a passport to cut the costs of surgery
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/using-a-passport-to-cut-the-costs-of-surgery-2013-11-13
Used to be, you'd only hear about medical tourism after a celebrity would go to Europe for a face-lift. These days, you're more likely to hear about your neighbor going to Mexico for new teeth. Yet despite its democratization, medical travel remains in ...
EU Package Travel Directive update will affect medical tourism
http://www.imtj.com/news/?entryid82=430410
The Package Travel Directive (90/314/EEC) protects European consumers going on holiday and covers pre-arranged package holidays combining at least two of the following: (1) transport, (2) accommodation (3) other tourist services such as sightseeing ...
