| Due to the increase of health care cost in the U.S. and | | | | Canada. India and Thailand are also two of the top |
| other European countries, patients choose the | | | | destination countries for affordable plastic surgery. A |
| alternative of getting plastic surgery in Argentina, India, | | | | number of U.S. employers that fund their own health |
| Thailand and other top rank medical destination spots | | | | insurance plans have also started sending their |
| worldwide. Plastic surgery cost has dramatically | | | | employees to India and Thailand for operations that |
| increased in the United States, over burdened health | | | | can cost tens of thousands of dollars more in the |
| insurance, plus an outstretched pending list for medical | | | | United States. |
| procedures are the main factors that resulted the | | | | Smart consumers have realized that plastic surgery |
| trend of medical tourism to hit high in countries having a | | | | cost in Argentina is much cheaper but of the same |
| low cost of living. The demand for cheap tummy tuck, | | | | level of care. Patients can save an enormous amount |
| affordable plastic surgery as well as liposuction in | | | | of money because offshore medical procedures can |
| Argentina are steadily building up. For North American | | | | be done for as little as 1/10 the cost of what would |
| patients, Costa Rica is the chosen destination for | | | | normally be charged in the United States. |
| inexpensive, high-quality medical care without a | | | | Consequently, more American patients fly to other |
| trans-Pacific flight, and it is the particular mecca for | | | | countries in search for high quality but affordable |
| westerners seeking affordable cosmetic surgery. Also, | | | | alternative solutions for their medical care. Foreign |
| proximity to a large number of American patients has | | | | clinics and hospitals that are included in the network of |
| led to a proliferation of dentists, plastic surgeons and | | | | medical tourism providers are mostly equipped with |
| private clinics along Mexico's northern border. | | | | facilities that could compete with the U.S. They are |
| Plastic surgery in Argentina in Argentina runs about | | | | typically staffed by Western doctors and surgeons |
| 75% lesser than the cost offered by U.S. and | | | | trained in Western medicine, and they provide equal or |
| European clinics. Cheap tummy tucks, affordable | | | | greater quality surgical care than U.S. hospitals. These |
| cosmetic surgery and liposuction in Argentina, Costa | | | | surgical procedures are performed with the same |
| Rica and Mexico are among the best services offered | | | | technology and expertise, yet cost a fraction of the |
| by a medical tourism provider based in Montreal, | | | | price. |