Thank you for discussing medical tourism! I'm from Canada, where your illness would be totally paid for through the provincial health care system (everything is as long as it's provided by a physician or within a hospital; that excludes most pharmaceuticals, a lot of mental health care, dentistry and optometry, so it ain't perfect). It staggers me to think of what a chronic illness would mean to someone without health care, and while medical tourism isn't ideal, it needs to be talked about as long as there are so many people whose only options are (1) go bankrupt or (2) go without treatment and possibly die.
By Michelle on How to Get Health Care While Uninsured
Thank you for discussing medical tourism! I'm from Canada, where your illness would be totally paid for through the provincial health care system (everything is as long as it's provided by a physician or within a hospital; that excludes most pharmaceuticals, a lot of mental health care, dentistry and optometry, so it ain't perfect). It staggers me to think of what a chronic illness would mean to someone without health care, and while medical tourism isn't ideal, it needs to be talked about as long as there are so many people whose only options are (1) go bankrupt or (2) go without treatment and possibly die.