CKNSLS, I pay and PAID cash for both Medi-Care and Seguro Social, so I guess it is up to me and not up to you for my choice as far as which one to use. I spent ten days in Hospital in Mexico a year and a half ago so my choice is not crystal clear or predictable. In Mexico I have to wait for the services of an MRI, but guess what AMIGO, as far as my EXPENSIVE medications are concerned I am off the MediCare system. Even though I pay taxes for services I do not receive (but YOU do) I do not complain or make snide remarks.
When an UNINSURED GRINGO staggers into a Mexican hospital clutching his chest, everything else comes to a screeching halt. That person is connected to an electrocardiogram so fast it would make your head swim. The trauma doctor arrives. There are places in Montana, Nevada, Wyoming, West Texas, and even California that puts a person in a WORSE risk than in many rural areas in Mexico. The rural areas in Mexico have clinicas perifericos, that are staffed a hell of a lot more competently than the pseudo veterinarian-grade care a person can expect at a rural facility in the USA. Remember, the medical FAILURES in the USA practice rural medicine. In Mexico first class doctors are required under law to do time in the most out of the way clinics imaginable.
I am FORCED to go north ONCE for several days or travel hundreds of miles several times down here to seek top notch care.
