Mag Lev and China

Re: [spiers] Medical outsourcing

Hi Paul,

I remember the segment you saw on tv. It was on the Newshour last year.
Here's the link to the video of the story. The story should also cite
India as another example as well:

http://vvi.onstreammedia.com/cgi-bin/visearch?user=pbs-newshour&template=templat\
e.html&query=Traveling+to+Thailand+for+Treatment&keywords=Traveling+to+Thailand+\
for+Treatment&category=blank

It sounds like fun! ;-) (even though I wouldn't want to be sick)

Take care,

Victor

--- John Spiers wrote:

> 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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