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[ashling]

"The average hip replacement in the USA costs $40,364. In Spain, it costs $7,371. That means I can literally fly to Spain, live in Madrid for 2 years, learn Spanish, run with the bulls, get trampled, get my hip replaced again, and fly home for less than the cost of a hip replacement in the US." -

[csziggy]

1. Medical tourism is big business

Though many go to India, Mexico or some Caribbean island nations for it. Spain would be nice.

I could have gotten my knees replaced for less than my out of pocket with insurance by going out of the US. One reason my out of pocket was so high was that I preferred to use the best orthopedic clinic in the area and they were out of network. I would not have been comfortable going to some unknown place out of the country even if it might have saved me money. I did check into it and thought about it for a while.

[davidpdx]

2. It is big here in Korea as well

Especially for cosmetic surgery. If anyone on DU wants to come over let me know. They have TONS of clinics.

My wife finally talked me into removing a few spots removed on my face that I was sick of looking at for the past 5 years. It was fairly painless, though the smell was not pleasant.

[sendero]

4. Had a friend.

.... who contracted colon cancer and did not have insurance. He wound up going to Thailand for the surgery.

Who knew? Outsourcing is going to be the thing that bring our RIDICULOUS medical costs under control!

[DFW]

3. You left out one important detail

You still have to pay for the round trip train fare from Madrid to Pamplona to run with the bulls.

[Boom Sound 416]

5. What's the co-pay in Spain