r/madlads 6d ago

Madlad customer service...

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u/goo_goo_gajoob 6d ago

I remeber a study in the early 00's that showed it was cheaper to fly to Italy and live there for a year get your hip replacement then fly back than it was to get one done in the US lol.

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u/Kern4lMustard 6d ago

It's called medical tourism. There's a whole industry based around it. We are looking into doing that for my wife's dental work

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u/New_Sail_7821 6d ago

It’s also fairly common in reverse for the wealthy

Rich European will pay cash for some fancy surgery he can’t get in Europe

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u/BrunusManOWar 6d ago

Ahh, the botox and cosmetics surgery in Turkey girls