Low Cost of Saving Lives in India

Health care reform, particularly its costs and coverage, is a prime topic in this year’s presidential election.  Millions of Americans are paying close attention to the future of how they pay for medical care, and if they’ll be able to afford it.  Current research suggests at least 47 million are uninsured, and with grim economic times ahead, those numbers may rise.  If you’re in need of a bone marrow transplant, you’re already having a difficult time, facing sickle cell anemia, chemotherapy, or some type of immunodeficiency.  Chances are that you don’t want the additional burden of stressing over the thought, “Is my health care coverage enough for the transplant?”  One of the growing options for combating the worrisome concerns and cost of your bone marrow transplant is medical tourism to countries like India, Hungary, Thailand, or Singapore. 

Amazing Reductions in the Cost of Bone Marrow Transplants

The cost of a bone marrow transplant in the United States can be as high as $200,000.  That’s more than the average cost of some homes in the US just a few years ago!  Medical tourism outsources the same procedure to world-class Indian medical facilities for almost 90% less than what it costs here.  In many cases, even with the dramatically lower cost differential, some medical tourism packages also include airfare, travel, and hotel accommodations.  The hotels often rank in the 4 to 5 star categories in terms of luxury and comfort.  Some procedures also include sight-seeing and entertainment packages where patients can bask in the rich culture of places like New Delhi or Mumbai just days before or after a medical procedure.     

Saving Money, Lives through Medical Tourism

India’s medical tourism obviously saves patients hundreds, even thousands of dollars depending on the procedure.  The trips even allow patients to combine vacations with procedures ranging from minor dental repairs to life-saving heart surgery or bone marrow transplants.  The medical tourism phenomenon serves to debunk the “get what you pay for” philosophy.  Instead, patients receive treatment and care from high quality medical staff members.  And many of these health care facilities are accredited through the Joint Commission International to meet the highest of international standards.  Additionally, participating doctors are often western trained in the United States or United Kingdom.  When it comes to technology, most US facilities can only hope to rival the hospitals and health care facilities in India and other medial tourism destination countries.

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