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What is Medical Travel
Medical travel, often described as Medical Tourism, refers to traveling to other parts of the country or abroad to receive medical treatments or procedures. Choosing a destination and providers depends upon many factors. Read more…
The 7 Expat categories
What kind of Expat are you?
Republished with permission from Simon Black, sovereignman.com
People ask me this question all the time:
“Simon, I really want to leave the country, but where should I go?”
Quite literally, there is a world of possibilities out there, each full of richness and opportunity. But as you could imagine, it depends on what kind of person you are. What would be a great expat haven for some seems like a hellish nightmare to others.
Over the years I have seen thousands of expats roaming in and out of different countries around the world. In my opinion, most expats fall into seven categories… and chances are you probably fit one of the molds as well:
1. You are an opportunity-focused expatriate, and you are willing to relocate solely for the prospect of making a great deal of money and doing something interesting. You think nothing of charging in to an almost native, potentially dangerous environment and care nothing of dilapidated infrastructure, squalor.
You are willing to learn the local language and don’t care if anyone else speaks English there… you love the almost lawless, wild west...
Facebook Billionaire, Saverin, Plants Flag in Singapore Gives up US Citizenship
A World of Possibilities
The young and the not-so-young look for greener pastures
Eduardo Saverin, co-founder of Facebook is choosing to move his assets, and perhaps his residence to Singapore in advance of the IPO. Saverin’s share of the IPO is valued at 3.84 Billion – a move many believe is a wealth retention strategy in response to U.S. taxes and financial uncertainty.
Once again, we are learning that people see the world as flat – when it comes to looking for favorable living destinations, whether you’re a young entrepreneur or a retiree.
The sad truth is that the U.S. doesn’t stack up to be a very economical or thriving place to live for the young or the old.
This increasing common view of the U.S. as being a place where lifestyle is declining rings true to adventurous Baby Boomers who tend, by nature, to rail against all threats to their potential as individuals, whether that threat be financial or emotional repression.
Certainly economic restraints can mask one’s potential in life. And there is a tendency to see the wealthy, like Saverin, and famous like ……., as people who have “all” the choices in...
Medical Tourism Tips. What’s Most Important to Know
Medical Tourism Facilitator, Christi deMoras, surrounded by a group of patients she took to Brazil
Medical Tourism Facilitator, Christi deMoras, surrounded by a group of patients she took to Brazil
Medical Travel – Medical Tourism – Medical Vacation
Medical Tourism is an umbrella label covering the variations of Medical Travel, Health Travel, and Medical Vacations.
Medical Tourism Tip; Before you start planning a trip for medical treatment overseas, understand what a Medical Tourism Facilitator (MTF) can do for you and how to distinguish between an excellent and mediocre (or worse) MTF.
There is a whole range of medical and concierge services that a competent MTF can provide, but because the industry is not standardized, not all provide the same services or the same quality of service which often confuses patients researching medical travel, health travel, medical vacation or medical tourism.
Listen to the archived...
Former Peace Corps Worker Leads Boomers on Overseas Life-Design Tours
Pictured from left to right, Dudley and a tour participant enjoy lively discussion about Berber culture with a German anthropologist
Pictured from left to right, Dudley and a tour participant enjoy lively discussion about Berber culture with a German anthropologist
Overseas Retirement – International Living
Listen to the archived interview of Kendall Dudley 5/6/12 on the Know Before You Go radio show.
Kendall Dudley is a career and life design consultant in private practice for over 25 years. He presents at academic and professional settings including Harvard, Lesley and Tufts Universities, the National Career Development Association’s annual conferences, the Life Planning Network and Pendle Hill. He’s also the recipient of several arts grants for his work on issues of war and peace in the Middle East.
An artist with a background in Middle East Studies and a penchant for Marrakech, he recently led a group of eight people to Morocco on a cultural and self-discovery tour as part of a special program in life design for people at points of change in their lives...
Living in Costa Rica. Tips for Baby Boomers from American Expats
Maria and Gene Warneke living a life of adventure in Costa Rica
Adventurous lifestyle is alive and well among Baby Boomers.
People who see their world as bigger than one country find a way to enjoy more than the corner of the world they currently inhabit.
“Home is where the heart is,” says one of our two featured guests on the Know Before You Go Radio show broadcast on the Overseas Radio Network April 29, 4-5pm Eastern.
Listen to the 5/29 program, at your convenience, on the Know Before You Go radio show archives to hear the stories of how two American expats, Gene and Maria Warneke manage their lifestyles in ways that all Baby Boomers can learn from; how to handle healthcare challenges that might interfere with an adventurous approach to life.
Gene Warneke is Associate & Environmental Editor of “...
Reconstructive Plastic Surgeon Beats 20% Odds . . .
Toddler's finger looks just fine, after successful surgery
When Dr Joseph Setton was called to the O.R., he knew that there was less than a 20% chance that he will be able to successfully re-attach a toddler’s finger which had been severed when shut in a car door.
With comprehensive training is pediatric and adult reconstructive, plastic, micro and cosmetic surgery, Joseph Setton, M.D., is probably one of the best trained surgeons in Latin America. Dr. Setton practices his incredible skills out of Panama’s premier private institution, “The Punta Pacifica Hospital” in Panama City, Panama. (Clinica Setton).
In an exclusive interview, Ilene Little moderated a discussion between Setton and Shai Gold, an American Healthcare Executive about how this doctor’s training was predictive of his ability to beat the odds to save the boy from disfigurement that surely would have affected his quality of life.
We invite you to listen to the recorded radio program featuring Setton on Sunday 4/22 4-5pm Eastern, and to join us each and every Sunday by logging into the Overseas Radio Network and selecting “click to listen now” to the “...
Baby Boomers Retiring Earlier Than Later
photo credit to Metlife Mature Market Institute
photo credit to Metlife Mature Market Institute
Baby Boomer Healthcare – Best Places to Retire
Look out world – here they come! Seventy-six percent of Baby Boomers are choosing to retire at age 65; 37% for health reasons, 39% for other lifestyle reasons according to new MetLife survey.
I like to see Baby Boomers are starting to wake up and realize that their health is the #1 indicator of quality of life; that perhaps people are outgrowing their dependency on working long hours for the man (even if the “man” is the one you see in the mirror).
I’m not against working long hours; I’m against the trap of working like a hamster in a cage going nowhere but round’n’round. I’m “for” having choices in your life while you’re in good enough health to enjoy the choices.
The quest to make the next “episode” of your life the most healthy doesn’t just mean access to affordable quality care (which you can’t get now in the U.S. because it’s tied to the overall cost of living), but to emotional health; not settling for less of a lifestyle.
You...
American Risk-Management Consultant Gives China Top Billing For Stem Cell Therapy
David Mair shown with niece Kara Anderson, discusses sending niece to China for Stem Cell Therapy
Got questions about Stem Cell Therapy?
Get your questions answered by listening to the interview of David Mair, featured guest on the show “Know Before You Go” aired 4/15/12 on the Overseas Radio Network.
Click here to listen to the interview hosted by Ilene Little, CEO of Traveling 4 Health & Retirement.
Mair’s qualifications as a subject expert in global medical resources reach as far back as 1987 when, up until 2002, he was the Director of Risk Management for the U.S. Olympic Committee.
With over 25 years as a risk management consultant and several year’s experience working with Medex Global Group and China Connection Global Healthcare, Mair brings unique and credentialed expertise to the field of medical travel.
Fast-forward to 2012. Mair is founder of Soter Healthcare, a pioneer in delivery of...
The Sophisticated Healthcare Consumer
Like good nutrition, becoming a sophisticated medical traveler has a life-altering up-side
I’ve had the rare opportunity to be a fly on the wall when the most respected physicians in the world talk about their patients and about other doctors . . . and I’m a good listener.
I want to open the door for you, so you can experience what that’s like and become a sophisticated healthcare consumer.
Because of my company, Traveling 4 Health & Retirement, I’ve interviewed hundreds of doctors and their patients.
I learned truths that change the way I view and manage my own health. Some things are self-evident; like not all doctors finished first in their class and not all hospitals are equal.
That’s common sense, but rarely applied when it comes to choosing a doctor, hospital or a medical facility. I would argue that most people, except the wealthy, accept whatever doctor and hospital is locally available and accepts their insurance coverage.
I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s ever been referred, for a surgical procedure, to a medical specialist across the hall from the referring physician. It didn’t occur to me to question whether I was...
Traveling 4 Health & Retirement (THR) heralds a new era in medical travel and overseas retirement
Traveling 4 Health & Retirement (THR) heralds a new era in medical travel and overseas retirement with a first opportunity for individuals to explore their options with medical travel and international living. For a fresh visual of the popular destination locations rated for quality of health care, visit our Google Interactive map on the home page.
