F.A.Q

Your physicians and nurses speak fluent English so patient should have no trouble communicating with nurses and physicians at our partner hospitals. All patients can reach Medicare4U through our website, email or direct phone line. Additionally, Medicare4U offers local guide in selected cities to help you in any translation and logistic services.

Any information that is entered on the Medicare4U Website is secure. Our site is encrypted with the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) and all the access is user name, password protected. Your personal information will not be shared with anyone other than the providers you choose to share. Refer our Privacy page for more information.

It depends on the medical procedure. At the time of quote, our hospital providers will advice on how many days prior to the treatment you need to be there. Typically, it is just a day.

Patients can stay as long as they like after their treatment is complete. Many choose to travel around their destination country and tour the major sites after their medical treatment. Your medical quote will indicate the minimum number of days you need for recuperation before you fly home when they send your treatment quote. This duration may vary depending on your treatment and recovery.

Our current hospital partners are located in Eastern Europe and we are expanding to other countries.

There are many countries around the world that provide the same high quality medical care as that found in the EU, UK but at a fraction of the cost. In the future, we will be adding more countries and more hospitals to our network. Ukraine is just the beginning. When selecting our medical providers, we look for well-established hospitals that are internationally accredited, access to international airport, have experience in dealing with international patients, and maintain the highest standards of care and hygiene.

No. Medicare4U is not a healthcare provider and we cannot offer medical advice ourselves.

The choice is entirely up to you as to where and when you would like your surgery performed. With Medicare4U, patients can make an informed choice after researching facilities, costs, procedures and reviews through our informational content.

We adhere to the strictest standards of patient privacy. All of our forms and processes are secured. All your personal data that you enter or access in our website is SSL encrypted and requires user name and password to access. Medicare4U will not share your personal information with anyone without your authorization. Refer our privacy statement for further information.

Click here to register. Registration is simple, easy and free. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email along with login details.

Accreditation is a process in which an entity, separate and distinct from the health care organization, usually non-governmental organization, assesses a health care organization to determine if it meets a set of standards requirements designed to improve quality of care. Accreditation is usually voluntary. Accreditation standards are usually regarded as optimal and achievable. Accreditation provides a visible commitment by an organization to improve the quality of patient care, to ensure a safe environment and to continually work to reduce risks to patients and staff. Accreditation has gained worldwide attention as an effective quality evaluation and management tool. Source: QHA Trent.

The primary considerations in choosing a hospital should be quality of care and cost. Cost comparisons are simple using the Medicare4U web portal; Registered patients can easily request, review, compare and choose quotes from their Medicare4U account. Quality can be similarly assessed through the Medicare4U portal and our variety of materials. Patients can review our hospital research, testimonials, patient assessments and objective facts regarding each of our partners.

The facilities at our partner hospitals are immaculate. Medicare4U carefully screens our partner hospitals to ensure that they adhere to the highest standards of cleanliness and service. Our patients can expect deluxe rooms, delicious food, internet access, no wait-lists and excellent registered nurse coverage. Our hospitals are internationally accredited like QHA trent, which ensures that they adhere to the highest standards of sanitation and care. QHA is the international arm of the UK-based accreditation body QHA for Healthcare Organizations.
Do Medicare4U partner hospitals have access to the latest technology and medical devices?
Our partner hospitals generally have state-of-the-art facilities and all the latest equipment you would find in Western hospitals. Most of our hospital partners have latest equipments, like the 64-slice CT Scan. Patients can even assess the latest technology for themselves: our hospital profiles list many of the hospital’s latest medical acquisitions. Login to view our detailed hospital profiles. It is free.

At Medicare4U, we aim to make healthcare more transparent through information. As our customer, you are invited to review our physician profiles to better understand the qualifications of Medicare4U medical providers. Many of the physicians in our partner hospitals have done all or part of their training in the EU and/or the UK. When patients compare Healthbase physicians to doctors in the US, patients find that the qualifications are often surprisingly similar. In fact, many patients do not realize that almost a quarter of physicians practicing in the US are foreign trained. According to an October 2005 article from the New England Journal, almost 22% of MDs practicing in the United States in 2004 were non-Americans trained in foreign medical schools.

Our continued success is dependent on our reputation for providing quality care at discounted prices, so the quality of our partner hospitals is our greatest concern. We only work with internationally accredited hospitals that meet or exceed our high standards of care. To ensure exceptional service, Medicare4U performs a rigorous screening and selection process through on-site visits and extensive research. We also monitor the quality of our providers through patient feedback and reports by international healthcare agencies.

We have expanded our services to include loan assistance offers through our finance partners. Medicare4U has affiliated with Med Loan Finance and Dental Loan Finance to provide external financing options to our customers. Direct access to our partners is available after Login.

Medicare4U provides several payment options using PayPal. Paypal is an account-based system that lets anyone with an email address securely send online payments using their credit card or bank account. Over 100 Million users use PayPal to send and receive money. Please visit https://www.paypal.com for more information. PayPal account setup is easy and it is free for buyers.

Prior to the actual medical treatment, consumers are only required to make a small down-payment to schedule their treatment. The remaining payment is required at the time of service and is paid directly at the hospital. There are several payment options available to consumers using PayPal.

Our partner hospitals provide first class medical treatment for 50-70% of the cost of comparable UK medical services. For major procedures, our members can save thousands of dollars through our service offerings even with travel expenses factored into the equation. Medicare4U provides a free cost estimator (available for registered members) wherein you can estimate the cost for medical procedures in various countries. Registration is free, click here to register.

Our medical quotes factor in hospital fees, physician charges, an initial consultation, medical tests as specified, anticipated meal and accommodation charges based on the expected hospital stay, registered nurse coverage and a follow-up consultation after your medical treatment is complete. Each quote will accompany specific terms and conditions for the quote. Separate quotes will be provided for travel-related charges like flight, transfers and accommodation. Login to request a quote from our hospital partners or to use our free cost estimator tool.

Patients can receive expert medical care for 60-80% less cost at our overseas hospital network. Fees in the U.S. are driven by labor overhead, administrative expenses, and insurance contracts. Over 71 percent of hospital costs are labor related according to a recent World Health Organization report which helps to explain some of the cost advantages for countries with low labor costs. Medicare4U eliminates these burdens by connecting patients directly to hospitals, allowing us to offer premier services at prices unavailable in the U.S. Quality has always been our primary concern at Medicare4U. Our continued success depends entirely upon our reputation for world-class surgical services.

All patients can reach Medicare4U through our website, email or direct phone line. Additionally, those who elect to use a local guide will have full-time service and assistance from our carefully chosen patient liaisons.

Yes. Medicare4U provides medical tourism services for both consumers and corporations. We would be happy to help you develop a medical tourism program for your company. With our growing network of providers and high-tech website, it is possible to offer a wide range of medical services to employees for a fraction of the cost. Medicare4U offers corporate medical tourism services for businesses of any size. For more information click here.

We encourage our patients to discuss their plans with their primary physician. While most physicians are familiar with the concept of medical tourism, it may be necessary for you to help educate them further on the proposition and share some of our educational materials. It is not uncommon for a physician’s initial reaction to be skeptical, although we find that doctors generally become more receptive to the idea once they look into the actual hospitals, physician credentials and overall price differential.

Medical tourism is the act of traveling to other coutries to obtain medical, dental or cosmetic care. A combination of many factors has lead to the recent increase in popularity of medical tourism: high costs of healthcare in industrialized nations, waiting list, ease and affordability of international travel, improving technology and standards of care in many countries of the world.