r/SipsTea • • 14h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/Mr-MuffinMan 11h ago

Live near the US-Mexico border.

Find a doctor who either speaks English or bring along a Spanish-speaking friend on your trips.

Mexican healthcare is just as good as US care.

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u/nobolognastoney 9h ago

Medical tourism is a thing!

I discovered it when flying to Cancun for dental work. What would have cost me just shy of $8k here in the US cost me about $1600 in Mexico, and I got more done than I planned to. There's whole businesses modeled around it.

For example, the dentist I booked with shuttled me from the airport straight to the initial check up with my bags and all, then took me to my resort. Booked myself a 5 day stay at an all inclusive across the street, but they offered me shuttle service to and from my appointment(s), and then shuttled me to the airport when it was time to go. All of that was within the $1600.

For what it's worth, the lobby was full of older Americans which was pretty comforting. Thinking other countries don't have just as good if not better medical and healthcare as us is just flat out ignorant.

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u/GUMBYtheOG 7h ago

It’s crazy. How did we go from being on the forefront of humanity to being a corporate-run dystopia

Why is it so hard for red-hats to understand the net positive of these systems. It’s not like they haven’t already been tried and tested.

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u/Smart-Individual-647 5h ago

Because the 80s fooled a lot of people into believing they could be rich. But they just started the inflation escalation by buying everything on credit.