Prepare Yourself For 16% Tax Added Onto Food And Medicine
The PRI got their way, and IVA the 16% National Sales Tax has been added to FOOD and MEDICINE. I have already noticed some price increases in other industries (mostly tourist oriented).
Forum Discussion
Well, it's not all black and white. Poor country, low-paid doctors and nurses, some public hospitals and IMSS clinics are sh-t holes, and some are better. Some private hospitals are 1st class and some are just clinics for non-important or elective surgeries.
Here is a collection of feedbacks on both public and private system, though a little dated, about 2 years old. http://rollybrook.com/health.htm#Voices
Some reviews are funny, i.e. when somebody is biyatching about 8 months wait for free MRI in Canada, and same day service in private lab in Mexico. Don't know under what kind of rock they lived :). Of course there is a wait in Canada for MRI with non-threatening conditions, and there is private same day MRI if you can pay $900. In Mex it's probably $300, still a lot of money for local people. Speaking of Mex public hospitals, I don't think they even have MRI in every hospital.
Here is a collection of feedbacks on both public and private system, though a little dated, about 2 years old. http://rollybrook.com/health.htm#Voices
Some reviews are funny, i.e. when somebody is biyatching about 8 months wait for free MRI in Canada, and same day service in private lab in Mexico. Don't know under what kind of rock they lived :). Of course there is a wait in Canada for MRI with non-threatening conditions, and there is private same day MRI if you can pay $900. In Mex it's probably $300, still a lot of money for local people. Speaking of Mex public hospitals, I don't think they even have MRI in every hospital.
