Six months after the most significant overhaul of the US healthcare system in decades passed into law, President Obama is still trying to convince Americans of its merits.
Mr Obama marked the bill’s anniversary at a suburban home in Virginia, surrounded by individuals who had felt its benefits.
But a majority of Americans still appear [...]

The Expatriate Healthcare, Travel Insurance and Global Health Insurance Conference
September 22nd-24th 2010, Los Angeles, CA
The Expatriate Healthcare, Travel Insurance and Global Health Insurance Conference will have a special focus on networking and will feature up to 500 one-on-one networking meetings. Attendees will identify some of the attendees they would like to meet at the congress and [...]

Across the globe, entrepreneurial individuals and organizations are looking at the possibility of providing medical tourism services at an increased rate, particularly in the wake of the new U.S. health care law. Costa Rica’s rising medical tourism industry could serve as a test case for this as providers prepare to benefit from the impact of [...]

The Medical Tourism Association is pleased to announce 3 upcoming educational webinars. These webinars have been created in part to educate the Medical Tourism Industry and in part to educate U.S. employers, insurance companies, and health insurance agents. These webinars will also have a focus on the upcoming World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress [...]

Sustainable Healthcare and Hospital Development Conference
September 22-24th in Los Angeles, CA
With sustainable healthcare and healthcare development as booming industries, we’re excited to hold this year’s first international healthcare conference that focuses on green initiatives in healthcare and hospital development. The Sustainable Healthcare and Hospital Development Conference will feature up to 400 leaders from healthcare and [...]

Healthcare Developers in search of sustainable design, development and operations gather in Los Angeles Sept 22-24, 2010.
Some say “going green” while others prefer “sustainability”. Sustainability is becoming more critical globally and presents a baseline requirement for the healthcare industry just like in any other industry. Is it really all about going green? It really is [...]

Costa Rica’s Health Ministry has shut down the ICM Clinic (aka Cell Medicine), an enterprise that has served as a popular medical tourism site and treated more than 400 non-Costa Rican patients with stem cells since it opened in 2006.
According to Reuters, the Health Ministry’s Research Council chief, Dr. Ileana Herrera, made the decision [...]

Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference
Portland, Oregon, USA
September 8-10, 2010
The Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference (ESTC) is North America’s largest and only conference focusing on sustainability in travel and tourism. A leading international meeting place, the ESTC brings together innovative minds from across the industry to discuss practical ideas and solutions that inspire positive changes. Hosted [...]