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Old April 28th 07, 12:08 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mxsmanic
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Default OT NY Times Story on Pilot Population Decline

Gig 601XL Builder writes:

Yep, our health care system is so bad that it is where those from countries
with socialized healthcare systems who have the money and a real problem
flock to.


Which countries would those be?

What is actually happen is sometimes the opposite: People from the United
States are going to other countries to receive good quality health care at
prices they can afford. Part of this is "medical tourism" to places in India
and elsewhere that cater to foreigners and provide top-quality care at very
reasonable prices, and part of it is to places with socialized medicine that
provide good care at good prices.

I found out a few years ago that it's cheaper to fly to Paris and get a
gall-bladder operation at the American Hospital and then fly back to the U.S.
than it is to get the same operation in the U.S. to begin with, and the
quality of care is the same. People at the hospital confirmed to me that
there are patients doing this, as I recall, meaning that they get a Paris
vacation and equivalent medical care at a lower price than they would pay if
they went to their friendly local hospital back home.

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