First of all, 13 suggested:
1. In order to ensure the smooth medical treatment in the United States, it is best to bring all patients' original Chinese medical records, original videos, CDs, and the packaging of drugs currently used before going to the United States.
It's best not to book a plane ticket to the United States before you receive the letter of appointment and passport (including visa) from an American doctor. Due to the acceptance and mailing of passports by the embassy, patients may delay receiving their passports, resulting in the modification or cancellation of air tickets.
3. After the visa is passed, in order to ensure the stay in the United States (B 1/B2 can stay for half a year at a time), it is recommended to book a round-trip air ticket to reduce the risk of entry obstruction; If you are not sure about the length of medical treatment, you can book a changeable air ticket for your return trip.
4. If international transit is involved, it is best to ensure that the transit time on the way is more than 3-4 hours, and the return transit time is 2 hours.
The length of stay in the United States depends on the treatment plan of American doctors, so it is suggested to book a hotel for one to two weeks first, and then adjust it to a long-term apartment according to the treatment needs. If you rent an apartment, you usually need to provide a deposit certificate of three times the rent 1 year, and you need to prepare it in advance before going abroad.
6. Before going to the United States, the estimated cost given by American hospitals was only the pre-examination cost, and the actual treatment cost may be much higher than the estimated cost, so it is necessary to make economic preparations. Treatment in the United States generally does not require hospitalization. If it is hospitalization or emergency, the daily cost may be as high as 1 10,000 dollars or even higher.
7. In order to facilitate payment to American hospitals and subsequent hospital refunds, patients are advised to use international dual-currency credit cards such as visa or master, and the credit card is valid for at least half a year.
8. In the United States, it is best to write down the problems that need to be solved on paper before seeing a doctor so as to ask questions.
9. American hospitals have a strict appointment system, so try to solve all the problems when you see a doctor. If you have any follow-up questions after seeing the doctor, you can call or email the doctor's office; Don't go directly to the clinic without an appointment.
10. After the medical treatment, it is best to ask the American hospital for the original pathology in China, as well as the medical records and images produced in the United States, so as to use them in the subsequent domestic medical treatment.
1 1. If the patient has an emergency during the flight, he can ask for an emergency landing or contact the destination airport in advance for first aid.
12. It is forbidden to bring any form of Chinese herbal medicine into the country, from confiscation to refusal to enter the country, or even to enter the United States for five years.
13. It is suggested to purchase insurance for patients and their accompanying persons for overseas travel.
Say five points for attention.
First of all, you should measure your physical condition. It takes more than ten hours to see a doctor by plane in America. If the patient's condition is very critical, then I think he may not be suitable for going abroad to see a doctor, because there may be various emergencies and even dangers during the flight.
Secondly, we should weigh the patient's condition and the value of treatment. If the cancer patient has reached a very advanced stage, generally speaking, unless there is a miracle, American hospitals can only prolong his life for one stage and relieve his pain, and there is little possibility of cure.
Third, are your expectations of American hospitals reasonable? Some patients may say that the United States is the most developed place in the world, and he must have a way to cure my illness. This idea is unrealistic. Although America is undoubtedly the most developed country in the world, there is no panacea for all diseases. Otherwise, Jobs would not die, and neither would the President of the United States. Therefore, everyone must have a very rational judgment on American medical care.
Fourth, we should weigh our economic ability. Going abroad to see a doctor, especially in the United States, costs much more than that in China, usually several times as much (and there is no medical insurance to reimburse). We strongly discourage patients from selling their property or even borrowing money to go abroad for medical treatment. The Shengnuo family implements such an economic standard for customers who go abroad to see a doctor: if he can often go to a five-star hotel for afternoon tea before going abroad to see a doctor, we hope that he will still have this ability after returning from going abroad to see a doctor without affecting his future quality of life.
Recently, some people may have heard of using Obamacare (also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) to buy free insurance for China patients in the United States. In fact, this is completely illegal, and it is a joint activity of some insurance brokers in the United States and some illegal institutions or individuals in China. I hope you don't believe these things. In the United States, this is insurance fraud, and you should bear criminal responsibility. Therefore, going to the United States through this road may not only fail to realize the desire of free medical treatment, but may even be sentenced to jail. Therefore, we strongly advise patients not to pin their hopes on how to exploit the loopholes of the law or even illegal acts, but to weigh their economic ability objectively and calmly.
Fifth, reject hospital violence.
The United States is a country with complete legal system. If patients have any dissatisfaction with hospitals or doctors during their stay in the United States, they must solve these problems through legal channels: find their own lawyers, and then negotiate with hospitals for the best solution; If negotiation fails, it will be put into law; Never resort to violence or medical treatment. America has zero tolerance for hospital violence. Generally speaking, many hospitals in the United States are equipped with hospital police with live ammunition. Once they find that your hospital violence may threaten the medical staff in the hospital, the police in the hospital will punish the perpetrators very severely.