Comments on: Will medical tourism come to the US with the dollar losing value? http://www.tourism-bhutan.com/tourism/will-medical-tourism-come-to-the-us-with-the-dollar-losing-value Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:21:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: maxmom56 http://www.tourism-bhutan.com/tourism/will-medical-tourism-come-to-the-us-with-the-dollar-losing-value/comment-page-1#comment-1674 maxmom56 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:28:59 +0000 http://www.tourism-bhutan.com/tourism/will-medical-tourism-come-to-the-us-with-the-dollar-losing-value#comment-1674 The cost of our health care is far too high. Even a falling dollar cannot make us competitive with countries like India and Thailand.<br><b>References : </b><br> The cost of our health care is far too high. Even a falling dollar cannot make us competitive with countries like India and Thailand.
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]]> By: T.J. http://www.tourism-bhutan.com/tourism/will-medical-tourism-come-to-the-us-with-the-dollar-losing-value/comment-page-1#comment-1673 T.J. Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:55:59 +0000 http://www.tourism-bhutan.com/tourism/will-medical-tourism-come-to-the-us-with-the-dollar-losing-value#comment-1673 Hmmm good question. I would believe that a weaker currency will probably encourage people to take advantage of their strong currency to get medical treatment. I see this only happening for high cost treatments though. No body is going to fly from Europe to the U.S. for a dental check-up. We will most likely see a larger portion coming from Canada where their dollar keeps getting stronger compared to the US.<br><b>References : </b><br>My opinion... International Business major Marketing minor Hmmm good question.

I would believe that a weaker currency will probably encourage people to take advantage of their strong currency to get medical treatment.

I see this only happening for high cost treatments though. No body is going to fly from Europe to the U.S. for a dental check-up. We will most likely see a larger portion coming from Canada where their dollar keeps getting stronger compared to the US.
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