Medicare in Mexico
Dr. David Warner studies how to extend benefits across the border
By Margot Lee Shetterly Original Print Publication: December, 2006
As a professor at the University of Texas at Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs, Dr. David Warner has made a career studying health policy issues on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Now, with so many Americans choosing to retire in Latin America, he is working on a research project that could pave the way to Medicare benefits being accepted in Mexico.
Most retirees who have Medicare travel back to the United States for treatments covered by the program. Extending Medicare benefits to Americans in Mexico might save the system money, since reimbursable treatments here would probably cost less than similar treatments in the US. It could also mean a boost to the Mexican health care industry.
Some hospitals, such as the Christus Muguerza Hospital in Monterrey (co-owned by Dallas-based Christus Health) have gone through the process of becoming Medicare qualified. This means complying with US regulations regarding safety standards and licensing and insuring of doctors, and receiving the approval of the Medicare certification authority, the Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety.
Dr. Warner says, "It's mostly marketing, since Medicare isn't available here yet, but you could say it's a first step."
There are several hurdles to leap before American retirees in Mexico can use their Medicare benefits here as they do back home. Congress has to approve a research project designed to measure the impact of full Medicare in Mexico. The study must show that the quality of care received in Mexico would equal that available in the United States, without incurring additional cost.
First, however, decision makers must understand that there's a pentup demand for the program among the Americans living in Mexico.
"Congress needs to know that the retirees here are people who vote," says Dr. Warner.
To learn more about Medicare in Mexico, go to http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~healthp/index.html. To participate in Dr. Warner's survey or email him at david.warner@mail.utexas.edu or call +1 (512) 471-6277.
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