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Why exactly are nursing aids paid so poorly?
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Thinking of going abroad for dental implants. An oral surgeon said it used to be an issue with poor-quality knock off parts, but that the manufacturing has gotten really good.
Countries keep cost low by subsidizing doctors' education, by the way, which is even more expensive for them when those doctors cash out to come to the US where doctors graduate with a debt of $250,000 from schools where graduation class size hasn't changed in decades.
By the by, intensive and indiscrimnate care by specialists--where doctors want to end up instead of low-paid primary care--is definitely more expensive without necessarily leading to better outcomes.
you just have to know which countries, and cities. maybe INDIA, some places in mexico, or thailand. i knew people who went to thailand for dental care.
MDs from abroad trying to become a doctor in the us, is in for a rude awakening. its pretty hard to become in the us as a foreigner even if you have md, they have some sort of equivalency requirement for the courses you took. and other certification tests, and certain amount of time, because the AMA controls the supply of licensure for MDs, they probably dont wan too many MDs from abroad taking all the licenses. and some MED schools apparently arnt equivalent to western ones. canada, UK, some EU are more likely to have easier time.
Consider Los Algodones Mexico directly across the border from Yuma, Arizona. It's been known as the 'Dental Capital of the World' due to the number of Dental practices catering to American snowbirds.
Dental work is my most common healthcare experience abroad. I cannot recommend Thailand enough, especially for dental work, nothing but 5 out of 5 dentistry for me so far.
3rd-party analyses and patient surveys rating Thailand higher than the US in health care these days are included in the link above. and here, why not?
i had a co-worker who went there, he had a thai wife which would help with potential language barriers or noticing scammy situations.
It needs to be more than education. For instance, I know a county that subsidizes nursing school. But the nurses are paid a terrible salary and many leave to work in higher paying countries.
If they would just pay their nurses more, they wouldn’t need to subsidize the education and maybe skilled people would stay.
I did mention brain drain in my comment. The US is giving up a huge economic advantage being hostile to immigration. Raising & educating children is hugely expensive and having young educated people come to work a life time (and have more children) is an enormous boon.
Just don't go to Turkey to hit up an Instagram dentist. That stuff is terrifying. <_<
Do wake up in a bathtub filled with ice and stitches over where a kidney used to be?
LOL almost. They basically take out all your teeth and replace them with synthetics, I guess?
I'm sure there's plenty of good dentists in Turkey, but what's with this trend of people getting MAJOR medical work or body modification done ANYWHERE by whoever's got a flashy Instagram or TikTok reel? Nuts.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/turkey-teeth-leaving-brits-toothless-35327173