Optional Procedure Costs Drive Medical Tourism in Panama

Panama City has become a Mecca for international visitors in search of relief from the crushing cost of health care in the U.S., and the dismal lack of quality and choice offered by government run health care systems in Canada and many European countries.

The concept behind medical tourism is simple. Patients travel to other countries to obtain the medical care they need when it is unavailable or too expensive back home.

One major factor driving the rapid growth of medical tourism is the ever increasing number of procedures that medical insurance plans consider “optional”. High on this list of optional procedures are many that represent sound preventative and corrective care.

Cosmetic surgery and anti-aging medicine have become targets for private and public insurers alike. The challenge is that patients seeking coverage for cosmetic procedures required to correct underlying debilitating conditions are routinely denied because their cases are lumped in with purely aesthetic procedures. Even more egregious is the attitude of insurers toward anti-aging, or “Age Management”, procedures. Decades of hard science have proven that patients participating in a physician managed wellness program live significantly better, healthier, longer lives. The challenge in this for all of us is that insurance companies are deeply invested in the belief that there is more money to be made repairing the ravages of disease than in preventing its onset.

Even though Age Management medicine continues to be a controversial subject in the U.S. and Canada, the issue has long since been settled in most of the rest of the world. The science is basic and very clear. One of the principle factors in human aging and the diseases that accompany it,  is a slow reduction in the serum levels of certain essential hormones. Doctors have been treating this piece of the puzzle for decades with incredible results.

The backbone of any hormone based anti-aging protocol is almost always HGH or Human growth Hormone. While the natural systems of some patients may keep up with the production of other essential hormones, virtually every human being alive on this earth will be severely growth hormone deficient by the time they reach the age of forty.  Many will require supplementation in their thirties.

The good news is that supplementing the levels of all essential hormones including HGH is easy, safe (When done correctly), and affordable when purchased in Panama where anti-aging therapy has been a way of life for many years.

The next big step in anti-aging health management is effective stem-cell therapies. In the U.S. and Canada, patients are waiting, watching, and dreaming. In Panama, patients are relaxing in the comfort of state of the art operatories as the receive leading edge stem cell therapies from some of the world’s most capable practitioners.

Stem cell therapies are readily available in Panama. Two of the most recognized stem cell clinics in this hemisphere is located in the professional atrium of the Johns Hopkins managed Punta Pacifica hospital in Panama City. One clinic specializes in acute care therapies for previously incurable diseases and traumas like muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, Alzheimer’s, spinal cord injuries, non-healing wounds, and the like. The other is leading the way in a global effort to marry the incredible restorative properties of stem cells with the well defined benefits of hormone therapy.

The real truth driving a global explosion in medical tourism is that patients can find better care abroad for much less than anything found at home. You can dispense with any concerns you might have with regard to quality of care. In Panama, the level of care you receive from qualified practitioners will meet or exceed any you have known in the U.S., Canada, or Europe.
Beware, the experiences of tens of thousands of medical tourists has revealed that there are pitfalls to this new phenomenon as well as tremendous rewards. Never seek medical care anywhere without the guidance of a qualified physician.

Your best path to a successful pairing with a doctor specialized in the treatment you require is to seek the advice of an unbiased expert on Panama’s professional communities. If you would like to speak with a consultant about medical tourism providers, just (Click Here).