International Living Postcards—your daily escape
Monday, May 10, 2010
Dear International Living Reader,
Josef Woodman, IL's health editor, spent more than five years touring 100 medical facilities in 14 countries, researching contemporary medical tourism.
When Josef wanted to save 20% on his own dentist's quote for treatment…there was only one country he wanted to visit—Costa Rica. Find out why below.
Len Galvin
Managing Editor, IL Postcards
Most Americans Go to Costa Rica For… International Living Postcards—your daily escape Monday, May 10, 2010 Dear International Living Reader, Josef Woodman, IL's health editor, spent more than five years touring 100 medical facilities in 14 countries, researching contemporary medical tourism. When Josef wanted to save 20% on his own dentist's quote for treatment…there was only one country he wanted to visit—Costa Rica. Find out why below. Len Galvin Managing Editor, IL Postcards  Save Up To 60%: Fix Your Smile in Costa Rica By Josef Woodman Around midway through my research for the first edition of my book, Patients Beyond Borders, an old root canal became infected and I needed an extraction and implant. When my specialist in North Carolina quoted $4,100 for the procedures, I knew it was time to “walk the medical tourism talk” and head overseas for care. --Recommended By IL-- Live Well and Invest Profitably in Beautiful Costa Rica For the first time in 3 years, International Living is going back to Costa Rica for this year’s only Live and Invest in Costa Rica Seminar. Join us, and you’ll see all sides of Costa Rica. From luxury living to a comfortable and enjoyable way of life that you can manage on a Social Security check. From the lush green mountains to the dazzling beaches and everything in between. You’ll find that this conference will bring you up to speed on affordable lifestyles that you didn’t know about before. Live and Invest in Costa Rica Seminar August 11-13, 2010 ~ San Jose, Costa Rica And don't miss the Lake Arenal Tour With Moran Real Estate to be announced ****************************** I chose Costa Rica, one of the five countries in the world most visited by Americans for medical treatment; in the Western Hemisphere, only Mexico receives more medical tourists. Medical tourists can choose from a wide range of specialties, including orthopedics, heart surgery, bariatrics and obesity management, and cosmetic surgery. But Costa Rica attracts more patients for dentistry than for any other specialty, numbering in the tens of thousands of U.S. patients annually. Most of the work is done in San José and its affluent and highly Americanized suburb of Escazú, where I went for my dental work. Each time I returned to Costa Rica for treatment (I’ve been back four times now), the waiting lobbies were increasingly crowded with American and European visitors who had come primarily to take advantage of the 30% to 60% savings—and, perhaps, to recover in a lush, tropical, pampering environment. I saved around $800, which included costs for my airfare, hotel, transportation and meals. My dentist, a certified implantologist, worked diligently on a number of challenges surrounding my procedure. He and his staff were always courteous, informative and empathetic. All the equipment was state-of-the-art, and I was most appreciative to see that the lab and panoramic X-ray equipment were all on location (true of all the top dental clinics I visited when researching my book)…
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