Medical Tourism: Mexico and The Middle East

Gaby dives into the phenomenon of "medical tourism" with Kurt Schaefer of Medical Tourism Mexico who used his own company’s services to find a doctor to save his life. Schaefer and Gaby discuss what traveling for affordable care says about the existing healthcare systems, the prevalence and rise of medical tourism in Mexico specifically, and how other countries are able to charge less. Then, Gaby gets into the real life-or-death experience of Lihi Halpern, a fan who wrote in with an incredibly vulnerable story of how she was cohesively and holistically cared for in Israel/Palestine after being gaslit and drained financially by the US healthcare system. (And she'd vowed to never return to the Middle East... and yet...) For Kurt, the story of medical tourism is one of choice and freedom. For Lihi, it was an American nightmare. tw: guns, medical trauma For a full transcript of this episode, visit: https://bit.ly/3mCpJ2c Gaby Dunn Instagram: @GabyRoad BWM Instagram: @bwmpod BWM Facebook group: http://tinyurl.com/badwithmoneyfb The BWM Discord channel: https://discord.gg/dAdxj4JMER Find Gaby on Patreon: patreon.com/gabydunn Shop gabydunn.com/shop for merch! Bad with Money is produced, edited, sound engineered and mixed by Cumulus Podcast Network, The theme song was performed by Sam Barbara and written by Myq Kaplan, Zach Sherwin, and Jack Dolgen. Additional music by Joey Salvia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Our Sponsors: * Check out Greenlight and use my code badmoney for a great deal: https://greenlight.com/ * Check out Indeed and use my code BADWITHMONEY for a great deal: https://www.indeed.com/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy