Mexico and Riviera Nayarit may have answer to U.S. retirees Health Care

Each day, a savvy few join the ranks of retirees living like royalty -- but on tiny budgets. It's a secret most people don't know much about, but easily accessible to most Americans.
The U.S. health care system is out of reach for millions of Americans…and Mexico may have the answer, according to Carlos Slim, Mexican business magnate and second-richest man on the planet.
One of Slim’s companies, Ideal, has purchased a 49% stake in Grupo Star Medica, a Mexican national hospital chain. Plans are underway for new, high-quality medical centers in Mexico to cater to U.S. baby boomers who are buying second homes in Mexico…or who simply want to come to Mexico for cheaper health care than they can find in the United States.
It is estimated that vacation homes sales increased 45%, in Riviera Nayarit in the last three years. Companies like Grupo Star Medica are just filling niches created by those new homeowners and vacationers. "[Baby boomers] are also choosing Mexico because its health system is much cheaper than in the United States.”
And plans are underway to get more U.S. private insurance companies to pay for medical treatment in Mexico. "For a U.S. insurance policy to pay for medical treatment, the treatment has to comply with certain quality control standards, and we are going to participate with products to serve this niche," said Jaime Jimenez, general director for Mexico Trane, another company following Slim’s lead.
It’s hard to blame smart Mexican businessmen for capitalizing on such an obvious opportunity. If the United States hadn’t let its health care system get so bloated and profit-hungry that 40 million Americans can’t even afford health insurance, there wouldn’t be a need to outsource it.
Remember what your dentist used to say? “Ignore your teeth, and they will go away.” Well, the United States has neglected health care reform for so long that its users really are going away…to Mexico!