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December 1, 2009

Angeles Health Dental Clinics — Top Mexico Dental Care At 50% Less Than U.S. Prices

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Research has shown that good dental health is vital for maintaining good overall health. Yet many Americans are forced to forego dental care because it simply costs too much. Even those lucky enough to have good health insurance often can’t afford dental insurance, and find that it is not offered by their employers, who typically view dental coverage as a luxury.

How did the U.S. dental industry come to be so expensive relative to Mexico?  How can dental prices in Tijuana  be 50% less than dental prices just a few miles away in San Diego? Most experts blame the profit-driven insurance industry and the shockingly high number of malpractice lawsuits filed against U.S. doctors and dentists.  However,  reputable Mexican dental practices also carry malpractice insurance, a necessity for doing business with the large number of Americans that regularly cross the border for their family and cosmetic dental care.

In general, the cost differential is attributable to a number of culturally driven economic factors, for example the high cost of dental school, employee wages and insurance costs, as well as equipment purchase and office space are all elements of a dental practice that cost substantially more in the U.S.  than just across the border.  The overall lower overhead expenses,  supply and equipment costs experienced by Mexican dentists are  passed along to the patient – many of them Americans taking family and cosmetic ‘dental vacations’ to have dental work performed that would otherwise be out of reach in the U.S. dental care system.

Americans suffering from painful dental conditions requiring expensive dental care or services such as root canals, tooth extractions, dental implants, bridges, veneers, and dentures have taken advantage of the low cost dental care available in Mexico for decades. Medical travel for dental care to Mexico offers Americans a way to receive the highest quality dental care available  (reputable Mexico dental practices strictly adhere to American Dental Association and insurance industry requirements for training and sterilization procedures), while avoiding the inordinately high expenses of dental care in the United States. Visiting Mexico dentists to receive treatment for dangerous and painful conditions offers much needed medical care and significant financial savings to the insured and uninsured alike.

Angeles Dental: The Best Mexico Dentists  Within Your Reach

Some people who desperately need dental help shy away from Mexico dental care because they believe it is just too great a distance to travel. But the fantastic level of dental care available from Mexico dentists is closer than they think; the majority of Americans live within a quick flight of a Mexico dental facility, and many live within driving distance. In fact, it is  a growing and well-documented demographic trend that  some Americans have decided to move closer to the border in order to get the easiest access to the great dental and medical care options in Mexico.

Regardless of your location,  the burgeoning medical travel industry provides easy-to-use  facilitation services, so dental travel patients can be sure they are working with premium Mexico dentists, and have their air, hotel and ground transportation needs taken care of.

Whether you seek a regular dentist for checkups or a dental surgeon to perform a specific one-time procedure, you can enjoy the same care that draws thousands of people to Mexico dentists every year. The top private Mexico dental facilities offer dentists and dental nurses trained by the best U.S. schools (such as Scripps) and using the same equipment you’d find in the top American dental offices…at prices far more affordable than their American counterparts.

Less Expensive Equipment

Freed from the constraints of insurer requirements, Mexico dentists are able to buy equipment from the source that offers it most inexpensively, instead of the (often pricier)  source mandated by insurance companies. This results in a substantial savings on dental practice operating costs; Mexico dentists pass these lower operational costs on to patients, which results in lower costs for preventative care and procedures like dental implants for everyone.

Those who can’t afford much-needed care from American dentists can turn to medical travel to Mexico for care by Mexico dentists. Through medical tourism to Mexico with Angeles Health International, Americans can benefit from deeply discounted dental care paired with free travel coordination and special pricing on airline fares and hotel stays.

Easy Mexico Dental Travel

With medical and dental travel companies such as Angeles Helath International available to help plan every detail of your trip, enjoying the advantages of Mexico dental care has never been easier.   From cavity fillings to braces to dental implants, dentures and bridges, your family, cosmetic and general dentistry needs can be handled by Angeles Health International.  We connect you with the best Mexico dentists, while also helping you take advantage of the best hotel and airfare discounts to ensure that your trip is planned down to the last detail. You will have the security of knowing that everything is taken care of, allowing you to focus on your dental health.

November 22, 2009

Angeles Health — Leading Obesity Surgery Experts At Mexico’s Top Private Hospital Network

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Obesity is a dangerous and deadly medical condition reaching epidemic proportions in the United States and many other countries around the world. Experts believe the main causes are today’s access to processed, high sugar diets and larger portion sizes, along with considerable reductions in activity levels as well as certain genetic factors. As obesity is difficult to offset, obesity-related conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and joint pain have increased the urgent need for treatment for this dangerous medical condition.

Unsuccessful in fighting obesity on their own, many people now seek medical assistance and obesity surgery to help them lose weight and get healthy. A lack of insurance coverage and high medical costs in the United States leads many Americans to seek obesity surgery in Mexico.  Angeles Health International, a medical travel facilitator that is part of Angeles Hospitals, the largest private hospital network in Mexico that specializes providing Americans with affordable obesity surgery through medical tourism to Mexico. Angeles Health International offers Americans surgical treatments for obesity such as LAP-BAND®, gastric sleeve, and gastric bypass, as well as state-of-the-art surgery for other  medical conditions and diseases – all at considerable savings over expensive and, for many un- and underinsured Americans, increasingly inaccessible medical care in the US.

Lower Costs For LAP BAND®, Gastric Sleeve And Gastric Bypass Surgery

Surgeries, doctor visits, and prescriptions drugs cost much less in Mexico than in the United States. In the past decade, insurance industry practices as well as other factors driven up US healthcare costs to unmanageable levels, forcing tens of thousands of Americans to seek options for medical, dental, or optical care and prescription medications in other countries, where high quality medical care is available at considerable savings. For example, it costs only $ $5,900 to $6,500 for LAP BAND® surgery in Mexico with one of the world’s top surgeons in the procedure, as compared to the U.S. where prices are typically $20,000 and even higher.  Healthcare savings for medical travel are significant, even when factoring in expenses for travel and hotel accommodations, and especially considering that Mexico is home to some of the top gastroenterology surgeons in the world.

If the lower costs for LAP BAND®, gastric sleeve, or gastric bypass surgery weren’t attractive enough, Angeles Health International offers access to special travel discounts. The state-of-the-art facilities and affordably priced medical travel packages make Mexico the top choice for obesity surgery.

High Quality Medical Care

The high quality of medical care in Mexico is well-known to Americans living in border cities in Texas, Arizona and California, with tens of thousands of U.S. citizens regularly crossing into Mexico for medical, surgical and dental care.  Many patients remark that Mexico health care is more patient-centric than the U.S. healthcare system, Mexico doctors usually take more time to listen to patients undergoing gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, or other obesity surgery than American doctors who often have their hands tied by insurance industry regulations and legal restrictions. Hospitals and doctors in Mexico do not face the third-party restrictions imposed upon the hospitals and doctors by the U.S. insurance industry, a fact that is reflected in health care prices and processes in Mexico.

Angeles Hospitals are recognized global leaders in innovative research, highly trained medical professionals, and state-of-the-art technology Medical travelers to Mexico experience significant savings without compromise to the quality of their obesity surgery; procedures such as LAP-BAND®, gastric sleeve and gastric bypass in Mexico mean a savings of more than 50% in medical costs.

Angeles Health is a recognized leader in medical travel for obesity surgery, treating thousands of Americans each year at top notch facilities such as Hospital Angeles Tijuana, Hospital Angles Juarez and Hospital Angeles Lomas in Mexico City.  Mexico hospitals also offer obesity surgery specialists for children and teenagers

Medical Travel Vacations

Mexico medical tourism has gained considerable momentum in the past few years. Long serving Americans living near the border, the medical industry in Mexico began formalizing its efforts to reach out to the U.S. to educate prospective patients about the high quality of medical and surgical care availabe in Mexico, often for a fraction of the cost of identical services in the U.S.

In addiiton to lower healthcare costs, patients coming to Mexico for obesity surgery and other medical care can benefit from deeply discounted airfare and hotel accommodations. Many patients choose to combine receiving high quality, affordable medical care and obesity surgery with a low cost vacation in destinations such as Rosarito Beach (near Tijuana. Patients can enjoy the beautiful weather and attractions of Mexico as the setting for their LAP BAND® gastric sleeve, or gastric bypass surgery.

Medical travel is  a particularly convenient option for Americans given that many people in the US live within driving distance of Mexico. However, medical travel removes all geographic borders and barriers to receiving high quality, affordable medical care; obesity surgery patients arrive daily in Mexico from all over the United States, even Alaska and Hawaii.  Angeles Health International offers full medical travel facilitation services to Americans, including full travel itinerary planning, specially priced airfares and hotel stay, and a medical package that includes all hospital fees.  Receiving LAP BAND®, gastric bypass or gastric sleeve surgery in Mexico is both a practical and affordable choice for Americans seeking quality medical care.

November 16, 2009

Why Americans Are Traveling To Mexico For Medical Care

Filed under: Mexico hospitals — Tags: , , — admin @ 11:11 am

Everyone in America is talking about healthcare reform, skyrocketing medical costs, and the increasing inability of average Americans to afford even the most fundamental medical and dental care due to unreasonably high costs. The news is full of statistics: 45 million people are without health insurance, and that figure is increasing every month as unemployment soars. Another 45 million are ‘under insured’ –that is, with out-of-pocket costs and deductibles so high that they are unable to afford doctor and hospital fees when the need arises. More than 110 million are currently without dental insurance and unable to get the care they need. Yet even the uninsured have another option. In response to rising healthcare costs at home, more U.S. citizens have gone abroad to take advantage of the excellent doctors and dentists available through medical tourism to Mexico.

Convenient, significantly less expensive, and featuring the same or a better quality of care, sophistication of treatment, and breadth of medical services as the U.S., Mexico’s state-of-the-art private hospitals make medical tourism to Mexico an ideal solution for anyone struggling with the high cost of medical expenses in America. Medical travel connects patients with new, modern facilities located in upscale residential and international business districts. There are a number of prominent Mexican hospitals in cities such as Tijuana, Monterrey, Juarez, Mexicali, Guadalajara, and Mexico City regularly working with medical travelers from all parts of the globe to treat all types of medical issues. For example, Mexico hospitals host American and Canadian patients for orthopedic, spinal, cardiology, cosmetic, and weight loss surgery and dental procedures on a daily basis.

Cost Is The Major Issue

Medical travel to Mexico is more popular than ever before, but traveling to Mexico for treatment is not a new idea. Residents of the southern states have long taken advantage of the inexpensive health care across the border, with many taking advantage of medical travel on a monthly basis. Currently, nearly one million Californians make regular use of the Mexican health care system, crossing the border for check-ups, prescriptions, family dentistry, and surgeries of all types. Some 1.5 million Americans have taken the further step of retiring to Mexico, taking advantage of the lower cost of living, temperate climate, and access to affordable health care. For as little as $250 a year, Americans who move to Mexico are able to receive medical care with no deductibles, low cost x-rays, eyeglasses, dental work, and free prescription medicines.

In its report, “Medical Tourism: Consumers In Search of Value,” the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions estimates about 5 million Americans traveled abroad for medical care in 2009. Researchers expect this number to grow substantially, rising to over 20 million within ten years. Medical tourism destinations vary, but for Americans Mexico is the ideal solution. In Mexico, Americans can get the same quality and standards of care for less than half the cost of the same procedure stateside – often working with surgeons who have train and practice in the US, and work closely with American medical device manufacturers. For some procedures, the difference in cost is even greater, costing only a third of the American price in Mexico. The tens of thousands of patients who come to Mexico each year know how significant those savings are, even after factoring in travel costs.

Lack Of Insurance Increases The Demand For Low-Cost Healthcare

Sadly, many Americans do not have adequate health insurance to cover the high costs of necessary medical care. With record job losses and a continuing economic recession, Americans continue to lose employer-sponsored medical insurance at an unprecedented rate, forcing them into expensive COBRA payments of up to $12,000 per year, and declaring medical bankruptcies at a rate of 2 million per year. Frustrated with the broken American health care system, more Americans than ever before are discovering that they can receive the same high quality medical care and identical prescription drugs at a much lower cost in Mexico than they can get domestically. According to research by the U.S. Medical Tourism Association, the vast majority of U.S. patients who have taken advantage of medical travel to Mexico rate their experience as equivalent and even superior to U.S. hospitals and doctors.

Savvy employers in Texas, California, and South Carolina are joining this trend, taking the step of investing in Mexican health care programs for their employees frequently at one-fifth the cost of American health coverage. These plans are significantly less expensive for employers as compared to traditional American medical insurance programs. Employees also save on deductibles and out-of-pocket costs as well as on prescription medication costs. The fact that most hospital medical travel packages include such extras as travel coordination services, lab work, and hotel stay makes medical tourism to Mexico, even more appealing.

Convenience And Travel Options

Residents of Arizona, California, and Texas have long crossed the border to major Mexico cities such as Tijuana, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Juarez for sophisticated medical care in state-of-the-art hospitals, most less than five years old.  Nearly half of all American citizens live within driving distance of the major Mexico hospitals regularly serving medical travelers. For everyone else, there are frequent and inexpensive flights to the major destinations for medical tourism in Mexico, making it easy to get quality, affordable health care just a short car ride or flight away.

Without doubt, medical tourism to Mexico has done more than any other industry to put high quality medical care within financial reach for all American citizens. Mexico hospitals are responding by teaming with experienced medical tourism facilitators, hotels, resorts, and airlines to create discounted travel and lodging options for Americans coming to Mexico for their medical care. These complete packages ensure that American patients get access to the best possible medical teams, but are also able to enjoy a stress-free recovery period. A good medical tourism facilitator will handle everything, allowing the patient to focus on the most important part of treatment: your recovery. With a comprehensive company and the right hospital, medical tourism to Mexico, is a great choice for any American.


November 13, 2009

Eyes Over 40? PRESBYOPIA LASIK With Angeles Health — FDA Approved Technology At Half The U.S. Cost

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With age, the lens of the eye becomes less flexible, making it difficult to see. For most people, this decline eventually results in a condition called presbypopia, or literally “old eyes.” Presbypopia usually first occurs between the ages of forty and fifty, and typically progresses through age 65. Most people first notice presbypopia when they have difficulty seeing small print, leading them to purchase corrective eyewear such as bifocals and trifocals for reading.

The high cost of vision care and optical surgery in the United States has sent many people seeking surgical treatment for their vision problems to San Diego based Angeles Health International, a medical travel agency representing the largest private hospital network in Mexico where prices for even the most sophisticated medical and surgical care are considerably lower.

Presbypopia Treatment Options: More Modern And More Affordable In Mexico

There are several successful surgical treatments for presbypopia, although each requires adaptations by the patient that have prevented the widespread embrace of these treatments. Monovision LASIK leaves one eye suited for distance viewing and the other for close-up viewing. A patient might also consider conductive Keratolasty, which is used to help one eye see better up close, while the other eye is not touched (for nearsighted patients, the untouched eye would wear a contact lens to see at distance).

There is also Surgical Reversal of Presbypopia (SRP) with Scleral Expansion Bands (SEBs) in which a surgeon inserts four plastic segments made out of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) just below the surface of the sclera. The extra distance helps in focusing the lens. However, early clinical trials of the procedure are far from decisive. Some patients show enough improvement to read newspaper print while others show no measureable improvement at all. Another option for presbypopia correction is refractive lens exchange (RLE), which entails replacing the natural lens with an artificial lens, in a procedure not unlike cataract surgery.

One of the most promising treatments for presbypopia is multifocal LASIK, or PresbyLASIK. PresbyLASIK is a procedure currently in clinical trials in the U.S., but is approved in Mexico and Europe. With multifocal or PresbyLASIK, different ‘zones’ are created on the surface of the cornea to correct vision at near, intermediate, and far ranges. Although this procedure is not yet FDA approved in the U.S., it is available at the state-of-the-art Hospital Angeles Tijuana, just across the border from San Diego. Hospital Angeles is one of 20 technologically modern hospitals comprising the largest private hospital network in Mexico.

With monovision LASIK correction for presbypopia, patients must use their eyes independently for seeing near or far. With PresbyLASIK from Angeles Hospital available at a price of just under $5,000, patients are able to focus naturally with both eyes on any object at any distance.

Affordable Medical Care in Mexico Attracts People Worldwide

While most people know Mexico offers gorgeous beaches, delicious food, lively music, and excellent deep-sea fishing, it is rapidly becoming known for quality, affordable medical care. Prescription medications are usually 40% to 60% more expensive in the United States than in Mexico. Medical care in Mexico is typically one-half to one-third the cost of medical care in the United States. Even after factoring in expenses paid for travel, medical travel patients realize considerable savings by choosing to seek their PresbyLASIK and other surgical treatment in Mexico.

And while it is the savings and quality that attract patients to Mexico medical travel, it is the patient-centric care and freedom from a restrictive and healthcare rationing insurance industry bureaucracy leading  the large majority of patients (more than 90% according to the nonprofit Medical Tourism Association) to return to Mexico for further healthcare and/or refer their friends and family.

Mexico’s low cost of living and lower costs for the same medical technologies found in the U.S. as well as lower doctor, hospital, and specialists’ fees versus the U.S. all work together to offer American medical travel patients exceptional care at a fraction of what they pay for the same care in the United States.

Hospital Angeles: Affordable Care And Convenience for US Medical Travelers

The Angeles Health International hospital network includes 20 hospitals in major metropolitan areas throughout Mexico, including Tijuana, Juarez, Mexico City, Puebla, and Guadalajara. For most Americans, an Angeles Hospital is just a quick direct flight into Mexico, San Diego, or El Paso where they enjoy airport to hospital pick-up service as part of their medical travel package.

Angeles Health International works with hotels and airlines to provide patients with special discounted rates. American medical travel patients choosing Presbypopia LASIK in Mexico can save thousands by driving or flying to Mexico for the same care and prescription medications at a fraction of what it would cost in the United States and enjoy a more innovative, less risky treatment that may not receive FDA approval for years to come.

Medical travelers enjoy many benefits when they choose presbypopia LASIK in Mexico. Hospital Angeles International offers a PresbyLASIK package that includes full travel coordination services, offering hotel stay discounts for those who wish to extend their trip to enjoy the beaches and amenities of nearby San Diego or Rosarito Beach. Many patients are able to have their procedure or treatment and return home within a 48-hour period, offering a significant time and cost savings while enjoying the benefit of an innovative treatment for presbypopia not yet available in the U.S.

Mexico’s Excellent Medical Standards

Angeles Hospitals of Mexico are home to some of the top medical facilities and specialists the world. With a focus on innovative research and state of the art medical equipment, the Angeles Health private hospital of Mexico is an ideal destination for LASIK surgery for eye conditions like presbypopia and cataracts.

The merging of medical care and tourism is a winning combination for patients seeking Wavefront LASIK surgery for presbypopia. Americans can save thousands of dollars by seeking medical care in Mexico, receiving the same high quality medical care they would expect in the U.S. at a fraction of the cost in a hospital that is modern, beautiful, and convenient to most major U.S. city airports.

Medical tourism to Mexico provides American patients with state-of-the-art healthcare options at an excellent value:  whether you are seeking  custom LASIK surgery, PresbyLASIK surgery, or orthopedic or cardiovascular care, you are in good hands with Hospital Angeles.

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