MEDICAL TOURISM FACTS & TRENDS
 By 2015, between ten and twenty million Americans will travel abroad for medical treatment each year.
- The number of Medical Tourists is growing by more than 30% each year.
- The medical traveler to Yucatan is informed of the hospital and surgeon costs – BEFORE your medical trip.
- 2/3 of all medical tourists travel for surgery in 3 major areas:
Weight Loss/Bariatric, Orthopedic, and Cosmetic.
- Generally, expect to save 30% to 70% in hospital and surgeon costs.
- One out of three U.S.-Born doctors now practicing medicine in the U.S. received their training - abroad.
- Many physicians in Yucatan were trained or have had medical experience in the United States or Europe.
- A 2009 Medical Tourism Association (MTA) study shows over half of patients who sought care in a foreign country used a medical travel service as an intermediary to facilitate their trip and treatment.
- 93% of Americans and Canadians felt "VERY SAFE" or "SAFE" during their stay.
- And 63% said the foreign medical care was better than it would have been in the U.S. with the remaining 37% stating that it was equal to what they would have received at home.
- The American Medical Association (AMA) acknowledges the cost savings, quality care, and prompt attention in seeking medical care outside of your own country.
- Patients seek health care abroad because their own country's insurance conglomerates make medical care cost-prohibitive or impossible because of arbitrary rules of coverage.
- 10% of plastic surgery patients worldwide select Mexico.
- With changing times some insurance companies will actually cover costs abroad to save themselves money. It pays to investigate this possibility.
- Medical travel provides great peace of mind – especially if you are not covered for a particular procedure, have too large a co-pay, or have to wait eons in your home country for a much needed surgery.
- All surgeons of Medical Traveler Yucatan are fluent in English.
- Americans with health insurance find Medical Tourism to be a bargain since their deductibles and co-pays are too often excessive and oftentimes more than a medical trip itself.
- Canadians find that their healthcare benefits cost them another way – exceedingly long waits for elective surgery and less than humane care owing to shortages of beds, nurses and doctors.
- Long flights (20+ hours for some medical tourism destinations) have been documented as causing deep-vein thrombosis resulting in blood clots which can break off and in turn cause serious, even life-threatening problems upon your arrival in your destination country.
- Jet lag resulting from long flights oftentimes requires many days of recovery before your surgery depending on the number of time zones crossed coupled with the many hours of your trip.
- It is also important to factor in extra travel time before flying home after certain surgeries such as liposuction (5-7 days), facelifts (7-10 days) or longer in the case of heart procedures.
- Mexico is by far the most convenient major medical tourism destination for Americans and Canadians.
- Enlisting reputable and reliable medical travel facilitators results in convenience, cost savings, and the peace of mind knowing you are in good hands.
- The majority of surgeons and other healthcare personnel abroad actually provide patients with their cell number.
- Surgical success rates for patients selecting medical travel are on par or exceed those in the United States and Canada.
 Testimonials and recommendations from other medical tourists from your home country are most helpful in finalizing your decision.
- It is not necessary to be a seasoned traveler if you engage the services of an in-country medical travel service whose representatives are there to meet you, and assist in facilitating the transition into your new and temporary situation.
- While they may not like your decision to travel beyond the border for your procedures, ALL U.S. hospitals, labs, physicians, surgeons, and specialists are required by law to provide you with copies of any and all medical information they've compiled about you.
- Some medical tourism destinations (even though the medical facilities in their marketing may be high tech) are often located in run-down, extreme poverty-stricken, polluted, and/or downright unsafe environments.
- Every 38 seconds in the U.S. someone files for bankruptcy in the aftermath of a serious health problem.
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