美國人逃往墨西哥為負擔得來的保健

美國人逃往墨西哥為負擔得來的保健
Americans Flee to Mexico for Affordable Health Care
Friday, February 19, 2010 by: David Gutierrez, staff writer

(NaturalNews) As the debate over health care reform remains stalled in Congress, many U.S. residents are taking matters into their own hands by simply driving to Mexico for affordable care and prescriptions.
NaturalNews）當醫療改革的爭論仍在國會停滯，許多美國居民將事宜交在自己手中，只簡單地開車到墨西哥為負担得起的醫療和處方。
"I'm very lucky to live near enough to Mexico to get good healthcare at a reasonable price," said retired police officer Bob Ritz, who lives in Tombstone, Ariz. Although Ritz does have insurance, many of his medical costs are simply not covered, or the co-pays and deductibles are so high that he cannot afford them on his fixed income.
“我很幸運住近墨西哥，以合理的價格獲得好的醫療，”住在亞利桑那州墓碑石的退休警官鮑勃賴嘉說。雖然賴嘉確有保險，但簡單地他的許多醫療費用都沒有覆蓋，或共同支付和免賠額如此之高，以他的固定收入他負担不起。
"I pay $400 a month for my health insurance, and it's still cheaper to come to Mexico," he said.
“我每月為我的健康保險付400元，但去墨西哥它仍然便宜些，”他說。
In contrast to Ritz, approximately 46 million U.S. residents live without any medical insurance at all.
相反於利嘉，大約 有四千六百萬居民，生活在完全沒有任何醫療保險下。
According to a study by the University of California-Los Angeles' Center for Health Policy Research, roughly one million people go to Mexico for dental or medical care or prescriptions every year from California alone.
根據一項由加州大學-洛杉磯的衛生政策研究中心的研究，粗略地每年從加州有100萬人前往墨西哥，為牙科或醫藥治療或處方。
The primary difference between Mexican and U.S. health care is the cost -- with many U.S. doctors having trained at Mexican medical schools and vice versa, and similar hygienic standards in place. Responding to the influx of people from the U.S. seeking affordable care, clinics in Mexican border towns now offer everything from regular dental care to cosmetic and weight-loss surgeries or other major procedures like hysterectomies.
墨西哥和美國的衛生保健的是基本區別成本 - 許多美國醫生在墨西哥醫科學校受訓，反之亦然，和類似的衛生標準在位。回應從美國湧入尋求可負担醫療的市民，在墨西哥邊境城鎮的診所，現在提供一切服務，從慣常的牙齒保健至化妝品和減肥手術，或其它如子宮切除手術等主要程序。
In Naco, Mexico, Dr. Sixto de la Pena Cortes charges roughly $20 for a standard checkup. He says he gets about 15 patients from the United States every week. The most common complaints that he treats are "bronchitis, pneumonia and stomach problems," he said, but he has also treated broken bones. Once, he referred a patient to a hospital for an appendix removal operation that cost $2,000.

"I waste up to four hours coming to an appointment, but it's worth it as we'll save thousands of dollars," said Beatriz Iturriaga of Eastlake, California, who paid $6,500 for bariatric surgery in Tijuana.

A typical bariatric surgery in the United States costs as much as $40,000.

Sources for this story include: http://www.reuters.com/.
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