Healthline Explores Whether Mexico Has a Better Healthcare System Than the US Shawn Radcliffe - Healthline
go to original July 28, 2017

Mexico is beating the US at health care (Mic News)

As U.S. politicians continue to battle over healthcare plans, some medical tourism experts are predicting an increase in Americans traveling to Mexico in search of affordable medical and dental care. Especially if the Affordable Care Act is repealed.

This trend, though, is not new.

Even as more Americans gained health insurance under Obamacare, many people found that in some cases it was cheaper to pay out-of-pocket for care south of the border. That says something about the Mexican healthcare system.

It also says a lot about the United States, which struggles with rising healthcare costs and a steadily shifting insurance marketplace. But this is only part of the story.

Mexico has a mix of public health insurance programs, employer-provided health insurance and private out-of-pocket care. And a number of disconnected social security institutes that provide care.

That means Americans traveling to Mexico may only be experiencing one aspect of the country’s healthcare system.

So how do Mexicans living in poverty or just above the poverty line fare under the country’s relatively new universal health coverage?

Read the rest at Healthline

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