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Healthbase.com has been named the Best Website for Accessing International Medical Information for Patients/Consumers by the Consumer Health World Awards.

Uninsured American gets a knee replacement surgery overseas after years of living with a bad knee

Healthbase, the leading award-winning medical tourism provider has partnered with the South Korean Wooridul Spine Hospital in order to bring greater options to Americans, Canadians and others looking for affordable, timely and high quality spinal treatments.

Today, cheap yet world-class surgeries are just a flight away. But the deluge of information available out there can overwhelm anybody. So, here is a quick guide to medical tourism to answer most of your questions about the phenomenon.

Healthbase has partnered with a JCI accredited Costa Rican Hospital to bring more cost-effective and convenient choices to uninsured Americans for their health care requirements.

Michael Moore's latest movie, SiCKO, makes clear the present healthcare scene in America. In such a situation, international healthcare providers help Americans by providing them the healthcare they need at an affordable cost.

Dictionary.com defines outsourcing as "a practice used by different companies to reduce costs by transferring portions of work to outside suppliers rather than completing it internally".

A pre-existing medical condition disqualified Steve Slaven from having health insurance leaving him with only one option when he needed medical assistance - going overseas to get affordable life-changing treatment.

Medical tourism dates back to the times when wealthy Europeans and Asians would travel within their continent or to other continents to seek health related treatments.

Surgery isn't the first or even the last thing that comes to mind when you think tourism and vice versa. As misnomered as it may sound, but surgical tourism is what is happening in the health care industry today.

Khan who suffered from jaw problems since childhood saved a huge 68% on his dental bill by having his dental surgery in Mexico.

When Canadian neurosurgeons refused to do spine surgery on Jill Misangyi, her life was given back to her by Healthbase and Indian specialist doctors.

It's easy to hop on a plane and catch the next flight to your surgical destination . But before you do so, there are a number of things you should know and do to make your medical tourism trip safe and successful. Here is a list that will assist you in planning...

When buying a new car or even a small inexpensive object, you probably refer to a buying guide or try to find out what others who have bought the product in the past are saying about it to make smart shopping decisions.

Going overseas for surgical treatment can be overwhelming for anybody. After all, it's not like going to a hospital down the road where you have been to before and know all the doctors and nurses.

Americans - uninsured, underinsured and even insured - are taking advantage of the low cost, high quality healthcare overseas and saving tons

Ever heard of botched cosmetic jobs in Brazil or crappy dental work in Mexico? Such situations are very real. Here are the 007 top secrets of messing up your health care overseas.

Outsourcing is not just about manufacturing and call centers and computer programming and financial services - today, people are actually outsourcing their own medical care.

Read this tips if any one amongst you is planning to visit India on a medical trip.

Bargain deals are not limited to groceries, household products or fashion goods any more. Today, even dental care is on sale. But the catch is that you have to cross the international border to buy it.

Healthcare, travel and insurance are all heavily intertwined subjects, and most often, incomplete without each other. What's wrong here, and how to fix it.

Medical travel, also called medical tourism, can provide a wide variety of treatments and surgeries. The procedures offered do include the well-known choices of plastic and bariatric surgeries. However, they also go beyond those options that we hear about most often.

This article describes the growing phenomenon of "medical tourism", it's impact on those who use it and why it's use is growing at such an astounding rate.

An increasing number of people from post-industrialized nations are choosing to travel internationally to receive medical treatments. The reasons for this emerging phenomenon are varied.

Medical tourism is the practice of visiting a foreign country to save money on health care treatment. It's a common practice in many parts of the world. But how many Americans are taking advantage?

Medical tourism, an unexplored segment, is still in its infancy in India. About one and half lakh tourists visited India in 2003 for special treatment and/or advanced surgery, and they have mixed response and experience.

These days medical field has spread its wing by offering overseas treatments at much lesser costs for everyone to take advantage of.

A national coalition recently kicked off the largest-ever private-sector program to help patients who lack prescription coverage get access to medicines they need.

For millions of uninsured Americans, moving to Canada has become a viable option when considering health care needs.

Millions of Americans are uninsured and lacking the funds and resources to acquire health care. Selecting a good physician is the first step in minimizing unnecessary treatment and medical expenses when uninsured.

For many uninsured Americans, there is a belief that insurance coverage is simply not attainable. In most cases, the uninsured do have some form of insurance or healthcare protection options.

An examination of two methods of insuring the uninsured through systems proposed and used in the state of California.

Medical tourism is rapidly gaining popularity among Americans, but consider these points before you seek medical help overseas.

You have likely heard the statistics; there are 46 million uninsured people in America. I am one of those uninsured people.

More and more Americans are journeying to far away countries to get medical care. What does this mean for the American health care system?

You need to purchase special auto and health insurance when you travel in Mexico.

The problem associated with medical covergae in america and a look at the many government programs set into action to help provide healthcare coverage to the poor.

In response to high prices of prescription drugs, critics of the FDA and American pharmaceutical companies feel the best solution for the sick and financially-overwhelmed can be found in the importation of affordable prescription drugs from Canadian pharmaceutical companies.

Programs provide free medicine for the uninsured

Taxpayers continue to foot the bill for Americans without health insurance. The largest increase is in the 18-64 age group, primarily because employers have dropped expensive health coverage and private coverage is too costly.

In response to the concerns over the high out of pocket cost of prescription drugs for the uninsured most states have devised a number of ways to make discount purchasing programs more available to persons who are uninsured.

Unpaid medical bills are being turned into consumer debt, with interest rates as high as 27%. Finance companies buy the debt at a discount, then charge large monthly payments, with steep interest rates.

The rising costs of prescription drugs combined with a lack of drug coverage are leaving consumers without the medication they need. Fortunately, assistance may be available.

Heart disease or cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is the leading cause of death in many countries including the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, is caused by our daily habits of what we do and what we do not do.

A lot of people are attracted to cheap surgery abroad either because they lack insurance or because there is a long wait list for the needed surgery in their own country. But is surgery abroad for anyone and everyone?

Hoping to assist a fraction of the millions of uninsured Americans, a Texas doctor has created the "40/40 Medical Care" plan.

Every month, many Americans have to make a choice between purchasing medications or hoping that their health condition stabilizes on it's own. The reason for this monthly tug of war is the high costs of medications for those without insurance.

This multipart document portrays the healthcare situation and our nation's spending on healthcare. Be sure to get the full picture by reading the other segments: immigrants, the uninsured, medicaid and medicare, children and many more.

With rising insurance premium, who can afford a decent insurance coverage for the family without having employee benefit? Here's how.

What do you do if you are unemployed, between jobs, or just cannot afford to pay for individual or family health insurance? This article will review the three most common options are available to you.