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United States healthcare reform may impact medical tourism in Thailand
The long-awaited United States healthcare reform package became law last week. Asian hospitals treating American medical travelers will have to wait longer to see whether the bill will have a significant impact on their businesses, but US insurers will feel the reforms' impact more quickly, and that could lead them to look more closely at international options.
By Muhammad Cohen
“Greater coverage for more Americans presumably would mean fewer Americans would need to travel abroad for care,” Bangkok Hospital international marketing manager, Judy Mitchell, said.
However, Mitchell's colleague at Thailand’s largest hospital group, Bangkok Hospital international medical are coordinator, Dr Michael Moreton, said, “Hardly anybody knows exactly what is in the bill, then what is doable, how the states will react, and so forth – it is a crap shoot.”
via Asia Times Online :: Southeast Asia news and business from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam.
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Thailand COVID-19 Situation (29 June, 2021)
TAT would like to recommend all to take DMHTT precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19: D – Distancing, M – Mask wearing, H – Handwashing, T – Temperature check, and T – Thai Chana contact tracing application.
COVID-19 Daily Vaccinations
Total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered: 9,416,972
· Total number of people who have received 1 dose: 6,721,038
· Total number of people who have received 2 doses: 2,695,934
Number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered today: +271,534
· Number of people who have received the first dose: +185,261
· Number of people who have received the second dose: +86,273
COVID-19 Daily Situation
Total Cases: 254,515
New Cases: +4,662 Daily Cases: 4,652 & From Prisons: 10)
Receiving Medical Treatment: 47,481
Recovered: 205,064
Deaths: 1,970
TAT would like to recommend all to take DMHTT precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19: D – Distancing, M – Mask wearing, H – Handwashing, T – Temperature check, and T – Thai Chana contact tracing application.
TAT is constantly providing updates on the tourism-related COVID-19 situation in Thailand at the TAT Newsroom (www.tatnews.org); Facebook (tatnews.org); and Twitter (Tatnews_Org).
For additional information and assistance relating to Thailand’s tourism, contact the TAT Contact Centre 1672 or Tourist Police 1155.
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