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Since I can't go to the States anymore, because I can't buy medical travel insurance and the astronomical cost of hospital and doctors in the Us, I was wondering if anyone has ever been to Mexico and ...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Patients are accompanied by a policeman wearing a pistol to the business office upon discharge where they must satisfy 100% of the hospital charges before exiting the hospital. This is standard operating procedure all over the country.
This info is derived from multiple personal experiences including an 11-day stay in Seguro Popular involving major surgery.
Senor Mexicowanderer. You are probably a Residente Permanente and a member of Seguro Popular. So your trip with an armed guard to the cashier's office was probably a formality - they checked your papers and said Adios.
What city was it in, and what was the scariest detail that you could share?
