Quality of Healthcare Increasing in Mexico

The opening of two state-of-the-art hospitals in Mexico will help Mexico increase the quality of healthcare available to residents. Those who are both publically and privately insured by the Mexican healthcare system will receive access to care at the two modern hospitals, which are located in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico (an hour away from Guadalajara) and Colima, Nayarit, Mexico. The second hospital in Colima is projected to open up by the end of this year. Mexico Today provides more information on the services each of these hospitals will provide to patients and the contribution to Mexican healthcare.

How Mexico Attracted 5 Million U.S. Retirees Last Year

Via MexPro.com:

Last year, Mexican President Calderon, made statements that he was proposing the expansion of retirement benefits and medical tourism to U.S. citizens in Mexico, in an attempt to attract millions of American retirees.

In 2010, Mexico’s ambassador to the U.S., Arturo Sarukhan, told Miami Herald columnist, Andres Oppenheimer, “It’s one of the pillars of our plans to trigger economic and social well-being in both countries. We will be seeking to increasingly discuss this issue in coming months and years.” Over a million U.S. citizens already live in Mexico and it's expected that the number could grow to be five million in 2025, according to estimates based on U.S. Census figures.

Increasingly, hospitals are receiving certification by the U.S. Joint International Commission that certify that they meet U.S. Standards. Here's a list of hospitals that have already been certified. Click here for the full list.

Hospitals certified by the U.S. Joint International Commission:

American British Cowdray Medical Center IAP Observatorio Campus
Mexico City
Accredited December 6, 2008

American British Cowdray Medical Center IAP Sante Fe Campus
Mexico City
Accredited December 12, 2008

Christus Muguerza Alta Especialidad
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
Accredited July 22, 2007

Clinica Cumbres Chihuahua
Chihuahua, Chihuahua
Accredited April 23, 2008

The Cost of Private and Public Health Care in Mexico

Over the past few decades, Mexico has been making a very strong effort to modernize its healthcare system, with a combined effort from the government and private investment, both national and international. A growing number of Mexico’s top-rate hospitals are gaining international accreditation. While the results have provide Americans and Canadians enjoying Mexico retirement with a very high quality of equipment and service, and non-existent waiting lines, prices in Mexico remain considerably lower than those of the U.S.

A number of American retirees also choose to take advantage of Mexico’s public insurance system, which has it’s own hospitals, with some experts estimating that the numbers run into the thousands. The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) offers a health care plan with no limits, no deductibles, free medicines (and even vitamins if the doctor feels they’re necessary), tests, X-rays, eyeglasses, even dental work for a single annual fee of about $250.

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