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Originally posted by Brown Bear
In my opinion, you might as well just move to a really cheap area of the US, if all you're interested in is saving money on living expenses.
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You have a good point there -- I do live in a cheap area which probably has close to some 3rd-world-country prices... but to write off everything besides the USA as unsanitary is just ignorant. Costa Rica has better health care than the USA -- many Americans go down there just to be operated on because it's a much better value and many of the doctors in Costa Rica are trained in the USA.
Here's an example of "Health Tourism"
Heart bypass operation in the USA -- surgeon only costs $50,000 -- not including room, anesthesiologist, medication, etc.
Total cost of heart bypass in Costa Rica $15,000 all inclusive -- pre/post op expenses.
I could go on and on about how much better their health care system is but nobody will read all of it anyway ;)