Travel For Care and Antonian Health Concierge Seal Medical Travel Promotion Agreement

As globalization is having an impact on almost every aspect of life, Healthcare had until very recently been overlooked by this 21st century trend. However, shortened distances, faster travel, and better telecommunications have made previously unthought-of actions like having a second opinion from a doctor far away, or traveling abroad for a less expensive surgery much easier and common. As citizens now have more options to get diagnosed and treated far from home, the only issue becomes information, coordination, and who to count on as a guide in this process.

Medical Travel is now embraced by more than one hundred thousand people around the world. A large part of this number travels from developing countries to the United States or Europe in the search for the highest quality of care. Another important figure,

probably around fifty thousand, travel from the US, Canada, and the UK to other neighboring countries in the look for more affordable elective and non-elective care. The former group consists of wealthy individuals that can find their way to a specialist, but have –until recently- the unmet need of guidance in the complex process of receiving healthcare in the US. The latter group faces the task of overcoming their fears of going abroad for a delicate surgery, choosing among an almost infinite number of

surgeons and hospitals, and actually getting to a foreign place, having it done, and coming back safely. Luckily for them, a whole industry catering to Medical Tourists, or Medical Travelers, as they’re also called, has sprung to life around the world. These firms have specialized in a certain healthcare procedure, or a certain destination, and help the foreign patient have a smooth and seamless process when he or she needs it most.

Travel For Care is one of such medical travel specialists. Based in Monterrey, Mexico’s nicest metropolis, a prime destination for medical travelers since the 1980’s, it caters to Americans and Canadians in need of affordable, high-quality healthcare, and has so far established itself as one of Mexico’s best regarded facilitators. Helping to assist the opposite flow of patients made up of Mexicans in the look for a second opinion or for a specific surgeon that has become famous for operating with a certain technique, Antonian Health Concierge has opened its doors in San Antonio, TX, a city with a healthcare infrastructure that easily rivals Houston’s. Antonian also bridges that huge gap between a patient willing to travel to the US for consultations, tests, or

surgery, but who has no idea with whom to go, or what the process is, or how to make things happen for an ideal outcome in difficult times.

As of May, 2010, Travel For Care and Antonian health Concierge have joined forces to cross promote their services in both countries and to complement their reach. As Dr. Andres Ibarra, MD, Director at Antonian states: “With this agreement we’ll not

only be able to market Mexican healthcare in Texas, but also better serve our Mexican patients once they return home. A fundamental part of our service is aftercare, and Travel For Care will be on our side offering their concierge, information, and liaison services for our patients over there in Mexico when they return”. Likewise, this is a great step for Travel For Care. As Gabriel Senior, CEO of the firm says: “Antonian is exactly the partner we were looking for. We have found a great firm that can provide our San Antonio and Austin patients with a second opinion before traveling to have surgery with our network in Mexico, as well as to count with aftercare once they return home. There’s nothing better than to count on a local partner in those premium

markets for us.” So whether you’re from Latin America and are looking for the highest quality healthcare in the world, or you’re an American wanting to access top-notch healthcare at a fraction of the US price, these companies have you covered. An agreement and cooperation like this is a great step for the Medical Travel industry.

Travel For Care is an innovative Medical Travel start-up firm headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico, marketing Medical Solutions to American patients looking for elective and non-elective procedures. For more information, please visit http://www.travelforcare.com

Antonian Health Concierge is a medical concierge service headquartered in San Antonio, TX, delivering high quality end-to-end services for patients coming to San Antonio for healthcare. For more information, please visit http://www.antonianhealth.com

Contact:

Heather Wicklow

Manager

Travel For Care

Heather@travelforcare.com
Toll Free: (800)571-0640

Affordable Health Care, Found in a Place You Hadn’t Thought Of

A flag announcing an incoming e-mail flashed ¨inexpensive hip replacement.¨ The usual urge to take care immediately of all inquires has the responsible people opening it right away. We read: “Gabriel, let me thank you for the gracious hospitality offered by you and Travel For Care.  My wife has decided to have her surgery in Oregon.  This is her wish and I must see to it.  You have offered a very attractive alternative to this incredibly expensive and, no doubt, equal quality service. I shall contact you in the future for any of my needs.  Thank you, Will”

Will’s wife would travel all the way from Alaska, and pay upwards of $45,000 for a total hip replacement. These prices would have been anywhere between 60% and 80% lower for a similar procedure of the same quality in Monterrey, Mexico that went from $6,000 to $14,500 depending on how renown the chosen doctor and hospital is. So if healthcare in Monterrey is of the same quality than in the United States, then why is it not as affordable? There are three main reasons why healthcare in the United States is significantly more expensive.

First. No other country has a legal system where lawsuits are so common and so drastic than the U.S. This has led American healthcare practitioners and institutions to pay malpractice insurance premiums. These premiums can easily exceed one hundred thousand dollars/year per Doctor, Nurse, Technician, and many times that for Hospitals. Although foreign doctors and clinics have medical malpractice insurance as well, their costs are but fraction of that amount.

Second. The cost of labor, construction, supplies, drugs, energy, taxes, and almost everything other than high technology equipment which is permanently bought and paid for at the same price, is generally higher in the U.S.

Third. Administrative aspects like paperwork, insurance collections, receivables, bad debt, and compliance are a larger cost burden for U.S. healthcare providers.-

And why of the same quality?

It is extremely important to point out, that even if a medical tourist might be looking for value, it can easily reach out to the very top doctors and institutions. The best doctors in Monterrey typically speak English, most have studied, trained and worked in the US or Europe, and some are even U.S.-board certified. The best hospitals typically have world top-class facilities, the latest technology, and procedures that have made them earn local and international certifications such as the Joint Commission International Gold Seal.

Plans for this purpose are offered at prices that are mostly less than half those in the U.S., and normally comprise travel, lodging, and medical treatment. Providing first rate Medical Care Solutions to patients in need of elective and non-elective medical procedures of the highest standards.

Gabriel Senior, CEO of (Travel for Care) a medical travel specialty firm headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico states: “There is a substantive lack of knowledge by U.S. private citizens, about high quality, low cost, nearby, possible alternatives for receiving health care. Will’s wife’s wishes had to be accommodated by him, and in turn, they had to cover much larger expenses. She never got to believe, due to false preconceptions, that Monterrey stands today by itself with a few others, at the top of world class medicine, and it has become a practical solution that offers American private citizens a close, simple, all-encompassing approach to their medical needs, with low cost plans, and the same quality, service, treatments, and procedures, that one would expect at a top hospital in the U.S. We are sure everything will be well for them, and we’ll be here for them any time they need us”. As globalization is shrinking this world, medical travel, also called medical tourism, is becoming a very important trend that is benefitting both people in need, such as Will and his wife, who are uninsured and cover these kind of expenses out-of-pocket, as well as the top healthcare providers in countries like Mexico.

“Travel For Care” is an innovative Medical Travel firm headquartered in Monterrey Mexico, marketing Medical Solutions to American and Canadian patients looking for affordable elective and non-elective procedures of the highest standards. For more information, please visit www.travelforcare.com

Travel For Care CEO Gabriel Senior Comments on Chrissie Long’s Article on Rush Limbaugh

Gabriel Senior’s (Founder of Travel For Care) comments on Chrissie Long’s article “Why Rush Limbaugh would go to Costa Rica if Obama’s health care plan passes” published in the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, and later reproduced in  http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/286856.

I have heard Rush Limbaugh’s words in several occasions and have gone over some of his books, and my understanding of his recent comments is different than those of Chrissie Long’s. What I think he truly meant based not only on his comments, but also on his long and persistent opposition to President Obama’s health plan, is that he tries to convey that what the American health system badly needs is not a lot of additional regulation, and the takeover of the system by the usually inefficient and proven expensive government, but a good bit of fixing its reality by setting limits to tort law in what is referred to malpractice in medicine, and bringing up competition in the market as the natural regulator of prices.

In my opinion, Rush Limbaugh’s comments intend to convey that the need to travel out of the U.S. for medical care in the future will keep rising for Americans, as the effectiveness of a National Health System -if approved- is very much in doubt. That ineffectiveness in the National Health Services is suffered by Canadians, the English, and Costa Ricans alike. They all admit it too, but they all put up to the problems and inefficiencies of their systems in their own belief that theirs is the only way to have a General Health System. Why does America have to push for more government intervention and regulation to solve its problem instead of continuing to pursue its immensely successful free market ideals? Why not attack this problem by addressing one of the main drivers of high healthcare costs directly?

Let’s remember the main reasons why healthcare in the United States is significantly more expensive than abroad

-First, no other country has a legal system where lawsuits are so common and so drastic than the U.S. This has led American healthcare practitioners and institutions to pay malpractice insurance premiums which can easily exceed one hundred thousand and much more dollars/year per Doctor, Nurse, Technician, and many times that for Hospitals. Although foreign doctors and clinics have medical malpractice insurance as well, their costs are a tiny fraction of that amount.

-Second, the cost of labor, construction, supplies, drugs, energy, taxes, and almost everything other than high technology equipment which is permanently bought and paid for is generally higher in the U.S.

-Third, administrative aspects like paperwork, insurance collections, receivables, bad debt, and compliance are a larger cost burden for U.S. healthcare providers.

Why not do something about the first reason above? Why are any actions against it being ruled out? More than $10 Billion per year spent in litigation and compensations in malpractice suits that over-inflate the costs of everything related to healthcare? This would diminish the enormous cost of insurance for doctors, nurses, technicians and hospitals nationwide, and could therefore also reduce the very expensive and usual practice of defensive medicine, that implies the use of additional, excessive, and bothersome diagnostic exams requested to the patients that cost many other billions, but are requested only mostly as means of obtaining today, an allegeable defense in a possible future malpractice trial.

If this is not done, I believe that not much will be achieved after years of debates in Washington, and the millions of uninsured and under-insured citizens will still be there waiting for an answer. Unfortunately for US healthcare providers, while fortunately for patients, Medical Travel will always be an option. In her article, Chrissie Long wrote about the big difference in price of private medical services provided in other countries comparing them with the cost of similar procedures in the US. Let me assure you that it is true and astounding. In the city of Monterrey, Mexico just two hours driving from Laredo, TX, you have four first rate hospitals with The Joint Commission’s International Gold Seal of Approval, which shows their quality to be at par with the top hospitals in the U.S. and prices are still 50%-75% lower than up north. As recent examples or ours, Brian from New York came for a Facelift with one of Mexico’s leading cosmetic surgeons and paid half the $10,000 he had been quoted; and the more serious case of Chris from Denver, who had a robotic prostatectomy surgery to remove his prostate cancer with the latest surgical technology involving the DaVinci surgery robot, while his insurance company paid him 100% of a $25,000 bill which would have been $60,000 back home, and would have made him pay for at least $12,000 in copayments. It is important to point out that these savings might be achieved without compromising quality. Even if a medical tourist is looking for value, it can easily reach out for doctors and institutions similar to America’s best. The best doctors in Monterrey typically speak English, most have studied, received training, or worked in the US or Europe, and some are even U.S. board certified. The best hospitals in Monterrey have world top-class facilities, the latest technology and equipment, and even innovative procedures that have made them earn local and international acclaims.

American healthcare is indeed in need of a change, but unless its problems are adequately addressed and unearthed from their roots, nothing positive will be achieved, and us in the medical travel industry will continue to see increasing numbers of Americans going abroad as an escape valve.

Gabriel Senior is the CEO of Travel For Care, an innovative Medical Travel firm headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico, marketing medical solutions to American and Canadian patients looking for high quality elective and non-elective procedures. For more information, please visit  www.travelforcare.com

Travel For Care Expands Affordable Healthcare Network

Travel For Care, Mexico’s leading independent Medical Travel firm has begun to offer Grupo Angeles within its network of track-record proven healthcare providers. With twenty four years in the market, twenty one medical centers across Mexico, and more than eleven thousand specialists, Grupo Angeles builds on Travel For Care’s offering by including services from two great facilities on the Mexico-US Border, Tijuana and Juarez.

Travel For Care has previously focused on offering providers from Monterrey, Mexico’s premier healthcare hub, as well as from select ones near the Texas border. As Gabriel Senior, founder of Travel For Care says: “We now have a closer partnership with a group that brings to the table solid reputation and presence that makes it easier to serve two key markets: the US West Coast (from Tijuana), and the New Mexico-Western Texas area (from Juarez). I see no reason why patients from those geographies and looking for high quality, affordable healthcare would look at any other providers but Angeles.” This last fact is especially true when patients are willing to travel to Mexico’s border cities, where providers of all quality levels do their best to lure clients in. Savvy patients know that by going south of the border, you’re already in great health savings territory, but they never forget that even if you can have a gastric band procedure for as low as $4,000, you’re better off attending the best hospitals in Mexico and pay $5,995, still 60%-75% lower than a similar procedure of the same quality back in the U.S.

Savings as these make taking the trip worthwhile, even after travel and lodging. Providing first rate Medical Care Solutions and Local Assistance to patients in need of elective and non-elective medical procedures of the highest standards are firms like Travel For Care, who go the extra mile for foreign patients not only to have quality, time-proven options, but to ensure that patients have a friend and advocate when on site.

“Travel For Care” is an innovative Medical Travel firm headquartered in Monterrey Mexico, marketing Medical Solutions to American and Canadian patients looking for affordable elective and non-elective procedures of the highest standards. For more information, please visit www.travelforcare.com

High Quality, Affordable Vision Surgery South of The Border

An incoming email flashed. The usual urge to take care immediately of all inquires had the client service reps opening it right away.

“Hello”. –The message started, and went on textually–
“I want to let you know that it was a great experience to work with all of you; Doctor Vidaurri was the best choice for me. All of you are very professional, honest and inspire me to be the best and passionate of what I do in life.
The surgery was smooth and very good; I will let you know in the next couple months how I will be feeling.
Thanks and talk to you soon.
Best Regards.
Molly”

Another happy patient that saved a huge deal of money while getting top quality care. Although she’s from San Antonio, Molly learned about her options for Vision Corrective Surgery South of the Border from friends of hers on the week of the 15^th of January. She then contacted a Monterrey-based Medical Travel Specialty Firm called Travel For Care on January 20^th and had several quotations for Lasik and PRK eye surgery a few minutes later. She had decided on a doctor, a facility and a date, only a day later, and she finally arrived in time for her exams and consultation on Monday the 25^th. She’s a perfect example of a savvy medical traveler who understands the value in overseas healthcare.

By crossing the border, she was already in great health savings territory, but even if she could have had this surgery for less than $700, she went for the best clinic in Monterrey and at $1,500, her cost was still a 50%-70% lower than a similar procedure of the same quality back in the U.S.-

How come? Here are three reasons for why healthcare in the United States is significantly more expensive than abroad, and a fourth explanation on why the same quality can be found.-

First, no other country has a legal system where lawsuits are so common and so drastic than the U.S. This has led American healthcare practitioners and institutions to pay malpractice insurance premiums which can easily exceed one hundred thousand dollars/year per Doctor, Nurse, Technician, and many times that for Hospitals. Although foreign doctors and clinics have medical malpractice insurance as well, their costs are a tiny fraction of that amount.-

Second. The cost of labor, construction, supplies, drugs, energy, taxes, and almost everything other than high technology equipment which is permanently bought and paid for at the same price, is generally higher in the U.S.

Third. Administrative aspects like paperwork, insurance collections, receivables, bad debt, and compliance are a larger cost burden for U.S. healthcare providers.-

Fourth. And why the same quality as in the US can be found – It is extremely important to point out that even if a medical tourist might be looking for value, it can easily reach out to the very top doctors and institutions. The best doctors in developing countries typically speak English, most have studied, trained and worked in the US or Europe, and some are even U.S.-board certified. The best hospitals typically have world-class facilities, the latest technology, and procedures that have made them earn local and international certifications such as the Joint Commission International Gold Seal. While a medical traveler frequently goes to developing countries for care, the healthcare system they’re accessing is that of the wealthiest and most fortunate 1% of the local population, very often with standards at par with any hospital in the developed world.

Savings as these make taking the trip worthwhile, even after travel and lodging. Providing first rate Medical Care Solutions and Local Assistance to patients in need of elective and non-elective medical procedures of the highest standards are firms like Travel For Care, who go the extra mile for foreign patients not only to have quality, time-proven options, but also a friend and advocate when on site. Gabriel Senior, CEO of Travel for Care says: “There is a substantive lack of knowledge by U.S. Corporations and individuals about high quality, low cost, and very close healthcare alternatives we offer in Monterrey. Our network has world class hospitals and US trained doctors, offering very affordable care with the same quality service, treatments, and procedures that one would expect at a top hospital in the U.S.”

“Travel For Care” is an innovative Medical Travel firm headquartered in Monterrey Mexico, marketing Medical Solutions to American and Canadian patients looking for affordable elective and non-elective procedures of the highest standards. For more information, please visit www.travelforcare.com

Affordable Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy in Monterrey, Mexico

Although fairly unknown to the general public, “palmar hyperhidrosis”, also known as sweaty palms, is a condition suffered by many. This disorder can cause such an increased amount of sweat on the hands that handling objects or shaking hands with another person becomes awkward and difficult and worst of all, can lead a person down a path toward social phobia if not treated.  The good news however, is those patients who suffer from this debilitating disorder do have a surgical option. Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy is a surgery that has been widely performed to treat hyperhidrosis and facial blushing and has achieved excellent results.

For many people, however, it is not just the existence of a specific type of surgery that provides the opportunity for healing, but rather whether or not the procedure offered fits into a potential patient’s budget. This economic issue is the number one reason that Medical Travel has become so popular. The acceptance of this new trend has allowed hundreds of thousands of Americans and Canadians the opportunity to receive life changing surgery or medical treatments. As a primary Medical Travel destination, Monterrey, Mexico counts with internationally accredited hospitals and top-notch doctors that are increasingly treating foreign patients for everything ranging from plastic surgery to cancer. Gabriel Senior, CEO of Travel for Care, a local medical travel facilitator states “I have heard so many stories of Americans and Canadians putting off their much needed surgeries because of the inability to pay. I want them to know that they have another option. In Monterrey, Mexico and you will have access to the best general surgeons at less than half the cost of the U.S.”

Dr. Oscar Villegas, who specializes both in thoracic surgery and in treating hyperhydrosis patients with a reversible variant of the Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy states “lives have been changed by having the opportunity to undergo a surgery which fixes a very debilitating disorder. Americans should know that we are here to help and that the endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy surgery is available for prices much lower than what they are finding through their local surgeon.” Top surgical care in Monterrey is between a third and a fourth of that in the U.S. For example, a thoracic sympathectomy surgery which usually costs around $15,000 in the U.S goes for between $4,600-$8,300 (depending on surgeon and facility) in Monterrey. That is just one of many low-cost general surgeries offered; others include but are not limited to: affordable hernia repairs, cheap lipoma removals, inexpensive gallbladder removal and hysterectomies within your budget. A city which not many Americans are familiar with today is on track to provide one of the solutions sought by the nation during this difficult health crisis.

Dr. Oscar Villegas received his MD from Monterrey TEC in Monterrey, Mexico and then completed a residency in General Surgery at the same institution. He later specialized in Cardiovascular Surgery at the Texas Heart Institute and St. Luke’s Hospital in Houston, TX. He has been in private practice since 1994 as a general and cardiovascular surgeon with thoracic surgery as his specialty. In his practice, he has treated hundreds of hyperhidrosis patients with a reversible variant of an Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy.

Travel For Care is an innovative Medical Travel start-up firm headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico, marketing Medical Solutions to American patients looking for elective and non-elective procedures. For more information, please visit www.travelforcare.com

Insurance Companies Have a Great Opportunity in Medical Travel

 

Insurance and Medical Travel

With healthcare costs in the United States continuing to rise at higher rates than inflation, American health insurers are facing very tough times as there’s enormous pressure on their financials. Some allow these cost increases to impact their earnings as a means to gain share, others pass this on to customers as higher premiums, and yet others prefer to keep prices but creatively nudge deductibles, co-payments, and contract terms as to be able to survive in a fiercely competitive and controversial market. However, they must slowly acknowledge that an escape valve is found abroad.

 

As technology and information flows are shrinking our world, travel for healthcare is becoming universal. Americans looking for excellent but affordable medical or dental procedures find that neighboring countries have shown to have private healthcare facilities which offer very high quality care at great value. Even if US insurance companies realize this is an irreversible trend and understand that letting some of their clients choose to go overseas for surgery may offer a great opportunities to alleviate some of the strain, they are being too slow to adopt it as part of their strategy. Pushing insured clients to seek less expensive options abroad is not only looked down upon but sometimes illegal. What they don’t realize is that they are benefiting from this already and what they need is to align incentives a little better.

 

The story of one of our recent patients illustrates this point. Mr. Chris Moss, a Denver citizen who asked to remain anonymous, was very recently diagnosed with prostate cancer and advised by his doctor to seek immediate treatment. Having had no health problems in the past, this was his first call to Aetna Global Benefits, his employer-provided insurer. To his surprise, while the robotic prostatectomy surgery he desperately needed would only be covered 80% if performed in the U.S, leaving him with tough-to-cover medical bills of over $10,000, he could choose to have his surgery abroad and his insurer would pay 100% of it. Chris immediately began to examine overseas options, skipping consciously on everything that wouldn’t meet or exceed the quality of care he could receive in Denver and quickly found an option which: 1) offered top-notch care, technology, and surgeons’ experience, 2) is very close to home, 3) has English-speaking staff, and 4) offers the possibility of remotely consulting with the doctors beforehand.

 

Without knowing it, Chris quickly became a Medical Traveler, one of the hundreds of thousands of Americans that seek affordable healthcare abroad. As patients typically do not know where to start their search or what they’ll find, medical travel facilitators provide assistance in understanding which are the best options, getting price quotes, contacting doctors, booking medical trips, and making the healthcare visit run smoothly. It was through our Monterrey-focused firm called Travel For Care that Chris learned about his options in Mexico and had a seamless experience from research to bookings, and from checking in at the hospital to arriving back home. Two weeks after beginning his research, Chris’ cancer was being removed using the most advanced method the world of medicine knows today.

 

In this case, Chris is extremely happy to have spent about $1,000 in travel and accommodations when he would have spent easily over $10,000 in co-payments back in Denver. Likewise, Aetna Global Benefits spent about $28,000 when it could have paid 80% of a $50,000 surgery, or about $40,000. The case is clear, the best healthcare outside of the US, complying with the same quality standards, is as inexpensive as to make paying 100% of it cheaper than paying 80% of the US cost. Although it is true that this type of policy and its 100% coverage abroad terms are not the typical health plan, it should be an eye opener for the industry. Let’s make it clear, that nobody was shoved to go abroad for surgery. Nothing illegal or looked-down-upon was done. All parties are happy (including the Mexicans involved). It is a simple case study for free markets and incentives. Perhaps insurers should inform holders of such policies that they have valuable options abroad. Perhaps all insurers should think of adding the “100% coverage abroad” feature to all policies and see how the market’s invisible hand actually lowers costs and therefore premiums. All in all, there are great opportunities abroad for insurers employing creativity the right way. The best part is that all are set to benefit: insurers, customers, and society as a whole.

 

Gabriel Senior is the Founder and General Manager of Travel For Care, an innovative medical travel facilitator based in Monterrey, Mexico marketing high quality medical services to North American patients. For more information please visit www.travelforcare.com or call (800)571-0640

Medical Travel is More Than Just Dentistry and Cosmetic Surgery – Affordable General Surgery in Monterrey, Mexico

Monterrey, Mexico, October 16^th, 2009

Affordable General Surgery in Monterrey, Mexico

Both the short time to come up with the money, and the very high cost of medical treatment, bring a huge conflict between illnesses and uninsured citizens. This growing part of the population faces a choice between giving up life or economic wellbeing for their loved ones. More and more, Americans are discovering what so far only residents close to the border with Mexico have been doing. Medical Travel is not only for dentistry and cosmetic surgery.

As an up-and-coming Medical Travel destination, Monterrey, Mexico boasts internationally accredited hospitals and US-trained doctors used to treating Texan patients from everything between a cosmetic surgery to a heart valve replacement. As Heather Wicklow, Manager at Travel for Care, the leading local medical travel facilitator states “Being a Californian myself, I am amazed everyday by the top quality that the private healthcare system in Monterrey has reached. I easily see health travel becoming one the most influential industries in the country very soon.”

Health Travel, or Medical Travel, as it is also known, has expanded its outreach with time from covering merely elective fields to more specialized, non-elective areas like cardiovascular and orthopedic surgery. But there are hundreds of thousands of uninsured Americans requiring certain procedures each year, which don’t necessarily fall under those categories. “Within all non-elective surgeries, my colleagues and I have broad experience in fields which people rarely think of, but which make up a huge proportion of inpatient procedures. Monterrey offers Americans the possibility to come for top quality and inexpensive General Surgery at the hands of specialists.” says Dr. Arturo Aranda, MD, who is a US and Mexico board-certified pediatric surgeon. In fact, any surgery that can be planned ahead of time, including Hernia Removals, Gallbladder Removals, Hysterectomies, Lipomas, and others, is a candidate for a quick trip south of the border.

With the combination of award-winning hospitals like Hospital San Jose TEC, top surgeons, and medical travel firms to facilitate and streamline the process, medical tourists have it simple and easy to come and reach out for the best value in healthcare. With prices for surgeries like a Hernia Removal or a Hysterectomy for less than $3,000, and a Laparoscopic Gallbladder  Removal for under $3,200, a city which not many Americans know about today, is on track to provide one of the solutions sought by everyone debating this issue.

Hospital San José TEC de Monterrey is one of Monterrey’s best regarded healthcare institutions, accredited by the Joint Commission International, and part of the Monterrey TEC, Mexico’s largest private education system. For more information, please visit www.hsj.com.mx

Travel For Care is an innovative Medical Travel start-up firm headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico, marketing Medical Solutions to American patients looking for elective and non-elective procedures. For more information, please visit www.travelforcare.com

Contact:

Gabriel Senior

General Manager

Travel For Care

Gabriel@travelforcare.com

www.TravelForCare.com

Toll Free: (800) 571-0640

Don’t Wait In Pain Any Longer, Come to Monterrey For A Quality and Affordable Orthopedic Surgery

Affordable Knee Replacement in Mexico

As the numbers for the medically uninsured in the United States are steadily increasing, the same rise can be seen in the Medical Travel trend. Nowadays, Americans and Canadians are no longer reaching out overseas only for elective procedures such as breast augmentation and rhinoplasty, but also for more complex surgeries which require immediate and high quality medical attention.

Of these complex surgeries, a variety of orthopedic procedures are being highly sought after by individuals seeking treatment abroad.  As a primary Medical Travel destination, Monterrey, Mexico counts with internationally accredited hospitals and top-notch doctors that are increasingly treating foreign patients for everything ranging from plastic surgery to cancer. Gabriel Senior, CEO of Travel for Care, a leading local medical travel facilitator states that “ I have heard so many stories of Americans and Canadians putting off their much needed orthopedic surgeries either because of long waiting lists, or because of the inability to pay. I want them to know that they have another option. In Monterrey, Mexico and you will have access to the best orthopedic surgeons at less than half the cost of the U.S and we won’t put you on a waiting list.”

Dr. José Fernando De La Garza, MD is founder of the ORTHO group of orthopedic surgeons at Hospital San Jose TEC de Monterrey. “We have a team of internationally-trained specialists and state-of-the-art technology which allows us to offer high quality orthopedic care, but at just a fraction of the U.S cost.” he mentions. Top orthopedic care in Monterrey is between a third and a fourth of that in the U.S. For example, a knee replacement surgery which usually costs $40,000 in the U.S. is only $12,400 in the top notch, Joint Commission International-accredited Hospital San Jose TEC. Aside from this common orthopedic procedure, many other specialties are also offered, including: knee, shoulder, and ankle arthroscopies, hip replacement and resurfacing, lumbar laminectomy, osteotomy, and knee meniscectomy.  A city which not many Americans and Canadians are familiar with today is on track to provide one of the solutions sought by them during their different, albeit difficult health crises.

Hospital San José TEC de Monterrey is one of Monterrey’s best regarded healthcare institutions, accredited by the Joint Commission International, and part of the Monterrey TEC, Mexico’s largest private education system. For more information, please visit www.hsj.com.mx

Travel For Care is an innovative Medical Travel start-up firm headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico, marketing Medical Solutions to American patients looking for elective and non-elective procedures. For more information, please visit www.travelforcare.com

Contact:

Heather Wicklow

Manager

Travel For Care

Heather@travelforcare.com

Toll Free: (800)571-0640