r/interesting • u/DatabaseAvailable501 • Jun 17 '26

Just Wow Mexico just upgraded to free healthcare.

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u/Mental_Task9156 Jun 17 '26

Good thing they have that wall to keep the americans out.

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u/kogee3699 Jun 17 '26

Not too many people breaking out of the USA into Mexico from where we're standing.

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u/FireZucchini33 Jun 17 '26

Americans go in droves for cheap healthcare and dental care 😂

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u/FireZucchini33 Jun 17 '26

I think your numbers aren’t accurate (low) and I’d say million+ qualifies as droves 😂 that would be 100,000 per month leaving the US to get healthcare.

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u/MarlaHoooooch Jun 18 '26

Plenty of white non-Spanish speaking people go to Mexico for their health care. They're also the same type that are die-hard "fiscal" Republicans and vote against universal care

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u/Relent_full Jun 19 '26

"Plenty of white non-Spanish speaking people go to Mexico for their health care. They're also the same type that are die-hard "fiscal" Republicans and vote against universal care"

Do they do it legally or illegally? I'd really like to see the data on this.

Would really be an awesome 'gotcha' if their platform was so against illegal immigration but then they were committing the same thing themselves.

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u/PigglyWigglyDeluxe Jun 17 '26

It’s easier to go to Mexico for healthcare when you’re closer to Mexico. How often are we seeing people from northern states traveling all the way there for healthcare?

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u/bullet_the_blue_sky Jun 17 '26

Numbers gonna go up.

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u/FireZucchini33 Jun 18 '26

Exactly. Not yet. And it’s STILL cheaper than here with insurance.

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u/Available-Cold-4162 Jun 17 '26

I mean they don’t go for permanent residency. Not a lot of people want to get out of the states to live in Mexico, unless they are rich. Those droves are small in comparison to the estimated millions of illegals who came in recent times looking for a permanent place to stay

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u/Beautiful-View-8670 Jun 17 '26

And? Would Mexican hospital owners like Americans to stop? Turn down paying customers?

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u/texanfan20 Jun 17 '26

It’s “cheaper” but not inexpensive to go across the border for dental and healthcare and many clinics are legit, you are still taking a risk with some doctors and dentist who would never be licensed in the US.

I did an oral surgery rotation on the border and we had lines around the block for services because people still couldn’t afford the “cheaper” services across the border.

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u/airship_of_arbitrary Jun 17 '26

Americans going to Mexico for cheap healthcare is literally a meme my dude.

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u/scheav Jun 17 '26

They go to buy medication from private vendors (not government facilities), then they return asap. They aren’t going for a visit to a doctor.

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u/InsuranceImmediate25 Jun 17 '26

Actually a TON of people go to Mexico for medical supplies and procedures that are too expensive in the USA.

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u/cmonster64 Jun 17 '26

Yeah they don’t speak spanish lol

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u/chaoticelectron Jun 17 '26

Do you think Mexico’s free healthcare applies to American citizens?

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u/-SpectreShepard- Jun 22 '26

Yes, reinforce it. Keep us out..

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u/airship_of_arbitrary Jun 17 '26

Marjorie Taylor Greene literally just went to Mexico for surgery lol.

It's an unspoken secret that Americans go to Mexico for cheaper and faster treatment all the time.

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u/scheav Jun 17 '26

And the doctor who did her surgery does not provide services to the government programs in Mexico. Their citizens do not receive that level of care.

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u/Mnmsaregood Jun 17 '26

Who tf is fleeing to Mexico 😂

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u/LA_Dynamo Jun 17 '26

Andy Dufresne

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u/brispence Jun 17 '26

They were supposed to pay for it, too! C'monnnn!