4 month vacation or longer in Thailand for medical treatments - by Robert Swetz

 I will be finishing one of my jobs at Caesars Palace in the next few months and me and my wife need some medical work done. We also really miss our daughter Cherry and my wife's mother in Myanmar (Burma).

 We have been trying to get our daughter Cherry to come to America for almost 5 years now and Home Land Security is not doing their job very well. Cherry is only 8 years old and really needs to be with her mother and father. And if Home Land Security can't do their job then we must go to Myanmar until they get their (crap) together.

 My wife needs some medical attention with some small bumps around her body and the Doctors and medical hospitals charge way to much money, even if you have insurance they rip you off. So we can go to Thailand and have the surgery done for a third of the price. Some people say that's scary and Thailand doesn't have the technology we have here in the USA, yes they do.

 I also need some medical work done and we have compared prices between Thailand and USA. Even with medical insurance coverage in the USA, Thailand is a third of the price. Is it safe to have medical work done in Thailand, of course people from the USA do it all the time.

 We can stay in Thailand in a very nice apartment for around 150 dollars per month, hang out at the beach and relax.

 I love the country I was born in, The United States of America. But my wife has become very disappointed with how expensive and corrupt this country has become. Everyone, I mean everyone has their hands out taking money from the poor and middle class people.

 Here in order are the rip-offs my wife & I are tired of!

 1)   Insurance companies are the worst - high premiums for medical, auto, homes, life, etc. Try adding up all the different insurances you pay and tell me it's not a rip-off.

 2)   Doctors, Dentists & Medications - Even with Insurance, we are being robbed. Add up the numbers!

 3)   Sue happy people and Attorney's - People are being sued all the time for Anything and Everything, and it continues to get worse every year.

 4)   Homes & Rental properties - The Banks, Lenders, etc. have been ripping us off for years and now it has back-fired on them. Thousands of people & families have lost their homes to these crooks.

 5)   Automobiles & Gas - when owning and driving a car costs as much as renting an apartment to live, something is definitely wrong.

 6)   Let's not forget Taxes - Taxes continue to rise ever year, where does all this money go.

 7)   Food prices - food prices have doubled & tripled is costs, why? For many families it has become very difficult to purchase food to feed there families.

 8)   College tuition's - Some students can't even afford to go to college because of the rise in tuition costs.

 I could go on and on and on about the scams and rip-offs in this country.

 We really, really need to take a look very closely at what's going on in this country and turn off the televisions and pull our heads out of the hole in the ground ground.

 And please, please don't leave me a cop-out comment about how terrible some of these other countries are. Are they really all that bad? Have you lived over in England, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Iceland, Switzerland, China, Japan, South America, Philippines, Russia, etc.

 Can you really tell me with a straight face that all these countries and more are terrible places to live.

 And don't forget my comment about five paragraphs down, I love the country I was born in, The United States of America!

 The photograph below was taken in Myanmar (Burma) in May of 2008. And we are looking forward to visiting the wonderful people in this photo, Cherry, Nu Nu's mother & brother. And that's me and Nu Nu in the middle.

 Story by Robert Swetz