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Medical Tourism Facilitator: Free Because the Hospital Pays
Medical travel agents are paid either by you or by the hospital they recommend. Industry sources put the hidden commission at 7.5% to 30% of the package price, and the UK banned the equivalent incentive in private healthcare in 2014.
Thailand Gives You One Year to Sue. Turkey Gives You Five.
Filing deadlines after treatment abroad differ sharply and never appear in a package quote. Thailand's clock runs one year from the day you learn what went wrong; Turkey allows five years against a private hospital.
Knee Replacement Abroad: Where You Can Check the Surgeon
Joint registries publish how often implants have to be redone. Australia captures 99% of its operations and the UK names individual surgeons; Thailand, Turkey and Mexico have no registry, and India's captures about one operation in eight.
Japan vs. Korea Long-Term Care Insurance: Opposite Spending
A peer-reviewed comparison found that adding care institutions lowered spending per beneficiary in Japan and raised it in Korea. Here is what the study measured, what it could not explain, and what has changed since its 2013-2015 data.
Measles Outbreak 2026: PAHO Data Show Americas Cases Tripled
The Americas reported 14,891 measles cases in 2025, a 32-fold rise, and lost regional elimination status. By July 2026 the count had passed 47,459. Here is what the PAHO and WHO figures show, including the first-dose-to-second-dose gap behind them.
Japan Healthcare Spending 2040: Two Forecasts, ¥11T Apart
The 83 trillion yen figure for Japan's 2040 medical and long-term care spending comes from a private research firm whose own estimate has moved. Japan's government projects about 94 trillion. Here is what each number counts and what Japan spends today.
NHS Waiting List Hits 7.33m as 18-Week Progress Stalls
NHS England's July 2026 waiting list reached 7.33 million treatment pathways -- about 6.21 million patients -- with 65.3% treated within 18 weeks, the same share as in March. What the figure counts, and why it cannot be compared across the UK.
Europe's Critical Medicines List Guarantees No Supply
The EU's critical medicines list covers 270+ active substances -- amoxicillin, insulin and paracetamol among them -- but the EMA says inclusion does not guarantee supply, and the Critical Medicines Act meant to change that is agreed, not yet in force.
Catastrophic Health Costs in Europe: Under 2% to Over 14%
Catastrophic health spending affects under 2% of households in Sweden and the UK but over 14% in Latvia and Ukraine. The same country can appear at 2.1%, 8% and over 10% depending on which threshold the dataset uses -- here is what each figure measures.
