Mag Lev and China

Re: [spiers] Medical outsourcing

while I await her to deign a reply, have you checked google... interesting on
how far this has
already gone... also, any dentists out there thought of offering a QC service
for dentisits and
medicine worldwide? I know it is already being done, but the market will no
doubt get huge.

John
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:36:16 -0700 (PDT), linda williams

wrote :

>
> Hello John,
>
> I will be in Malaysia for about four months Sep - Dec. I was going to have
dental implants
done in Malaysia, (all I want for Xmas is my two front teeth!) but since your
sister already
knows an excellent Dentist in Thailand, would you mind sharing Dr's name and
contact info?
>
> Thank you
> Nurlinda
>
>
> John Spiers wrote:
> Yes, he Thais are moviing up fast in medicine... a partner of mine in Hong
Kong has
cancer of
> the tongue, and chose a hospital in Thailand to take care of it. He could
afford just about
any
> doctor anywhere, but he chose the best, who happened to be cheap.
>
> My mother got dinged $250 for a one block ambulance ride, required if the
insurance was
to
> cover her hospital spell. It took four hours to arrange. Well, very quickly
round trip airfare
> and hotel starts to look cheap compared to USA, where we pay more for
everything.
>
> I have a sister and bro-in-law in Thailand, working on Thai oil projects (with
oil at $60/
> barrel, everyone has oil reserves... hmmm... how come as more oil comes up out
of the
> ground, price does not go down? Interference somewhere...) Anyway, they have
all their
> medical stuff done there, and my sister flew my nephew out to have some dental
work
done
> in thailand. Why, if something is not done about this trend, we might see
reform of
medicine
> in USA!
>
> When the Soviets built the Berlin Wall, they said it was to keep the criminals
(capitalists) out
of
> the socialist paradise. Of course, the Wall was really meant to keep the
eastern europeans
> locked in.
>
> By the way, how is that wall along the Mexican border coming along?
>
> John
>
> On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:29:03 -0700, Paul Snyder
> wrote :
>
> >
> > I just picked up an old issue of Newsweek magazine, I think it was
> > dated May. Much to my surprise and pleasure, they reported on a
> > variety of medical outsourcing firms, which has been an intermittent
> > topic in this forum. Apparently, there are already companies in the
> > States that coordinate the entire process, travel, hospital, hotel
> > afterwards, flights, and any insurance processing. I was surprised
> > that Thailand's Bumrangrad hospital has increased their menu beyond
> > boob jobs (which I heard about sometime back - not for myself - mine
> > are large enough) to include joint replacement and angioplasty! The
> > other players mentioned are India and Singapore. One point mentioned
> > is the fact that those countries have no laws protecting the patient
> > against malpractice. Interesting - I suppose quality and reputation
> > will determine success of these hospitals. Hmmmm, there's an idea.....
> >
> > But what really caught my eye was a self-insured medium-sized company
> > in the States (in an unrelated business) that incentivizes their
> > employees by offering them over $1000 if they get sick and fly to
> > India (with their partner) to get treated, but no incentive if they
> > go to Blue Cross. The company wins, and the employee profits. And
> > the couple gets a vacation break as part of the deal.
> >
> > So I am very encouraged that there will be a solution offered to the
> > American health-care idiocy.
> >
> >
> > Paul Snyder
> > psnyder@alumni.caltech.edu
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> Compete on Design!
>
> www.johnspiers.com

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