{"id":741,"date":"2013-04-08T11:33:48","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T17:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/lets-retire-in-mexico\/?p=741"},"modified":"2014-11-03T15:30:12","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T21:30:12","slug":"a-u-s-retiree-saves-almost-20000-at-a-mexican-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/lets-retire-in-mexico\/2013\/04\/a-u-s-retiree-saves-almost-20000-at-a-mexican-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"A U.S. Retiree Saves Almost $20,000 At a Mexican Hospital!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i255.photobucket.com\/albums\/hh138\/beatlo\/Hospital\/RetiredManinHospital_zps756b07a1.jpg\" alt=\"Hospital care for retired people in Mexico\" width=\"251\" height=\"167\" \/>I just found this amazing story about a retiree who spent 9 days in a hospital in Mexico for emergency medical care.\u00a0 His family paid under <strong>$6500 USD<\/strong>.\u00a0 In the U.S., the same care would&#8217;ve cost <strong>$125,000 USD<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even with medicare coverage, his family would&#8217;ve paid $25,000 USD as a co-payment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the story at The Snowbird&#8217;s Cactus, the new blog we recently started about starting life in Mexico &#8211; \u201cA hospital in Mexico saved my father\u2019s life \u2026 and cost less than $6,500\u2033.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>-by Thomas Lloyd<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/mexico-real-estate-promotions\/rally.php?web=Blog\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i255.photobucket.com\/albums\/hh138\/beatlo\/Banners\/banner-email_zps366c7ef5.jpg\" alt=\"Mexico Real Estate Testimonials\" width=\"464\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just found this amazing story about a retiree who spent 9 days in a hospital in Mexico for emergency medical care.&nbsp; His family paid under $6500 USD.&nbsp; In the U.S., the same care would&rsquo;ve cost $125,000 USD! &nbsp; Even &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/lets-retire-in-mexico\/2013\/04\/a-u-s-retiree-saves-almost-20000-at-a-mexican-hospital\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[55,185,13],"class_list":["post-741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-mexico","tag-cost-of-living","tag-healthcare","tag-mexico-retirement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mexico Healthcare Saves Retiree $20,000 USD!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I just found this amazing story about a retiree who spent 9 days in a hospital in Mexico for emergency medical care. 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