ArchivesTag : Healthcare in the US
Yes…buy travel insurance.
@TravelNewsFeed tweeted today on best advice for getting travel insurance for your international trip and I could not agree more. Quoted was Terry Ward on Aol travel. “You planned your vacation months in advance. The hotels are booked. The rental car pickup arranged. You even asked friends for a list of restaurant recommendations. But did [...]
Full StoryHealthcare in Mexico- Part 5- The walk in clinic
They call it a clinico- and there is a new one in El Fuerte. Now let me say first that I love this town and have many friends there. One is the barber, the hotel people, the little lady we often eat wuth and her family, guys at the market and more. The plaza there [...]
Full StoryMexican Healthcare- Part 4- Two bones to pick
What’s Wrong With Health Care in the US? So it is 5:30 am and I am sitting in the one day surgery waiting room in a major Midwest hospital. My good wife is in this am to get her broken arm opened up and a plate screwed onto it to stabilize it. We were in [...]
Full StoryHealthcare in Mexico- My Experience- Part 3
Rural America has problems finding qualified doctors…besides all the issues of affording their care, having local hospitals and wrangling with insurance companies. My friend (my quirky friend) Carlos Vega is a doctor in the little mountain village of Temoris along the train line. Temoris is known by tourists because it is the spot where CHEPE (the [...]
Full StoryHealthcare in Mexico…my labwork
I am 60 now and regular lab work and checkups are recommended. Problem is I live in the US, we are not below the poverty level, and we are uninsurable. So since I regularly take groups to Mexico, I decided to try getting this essential work done down there. So one day I was at [...]
Full StoryHealth Care in Mexico
Is Our Health Care System Really Superior ? Ok…yes, I am one of those “uninsurable” people and my wife and I (card carrying boomers) have some concerns about our situation. But these comments are just up-close observations and my in vivo experiences in Mexico recently. You see I hear people go on about how wonderful [...]
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