Word: vallarta
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Paul Crist, the owner of a Puerto Vallarta resort who once worked as an aide to former U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes, says that paying for medical treatment in Mexico could save Medicare almost a quarter of the average cost for most procedures. "My research, as well as the research of others, shows that health care in Mexico costs less than a third of that in the U.S.," Crist says. (See a guide to what health-care reform really means...
...costs, has become attractive. Seeing potential profits, he adds, "the developers and operators of senior housing, which runs the spectrum from independent-living communities through nursing-care facilities, are certainly betting on a substantial influx in the coming years." Developments aimed at attracting seniors have been built near Puerto Vallarta and in the northern Baja peninsula, and independent-living projects are planned for San Miguel de Allende, already a popular expat center north of Mexico City, Warner notes. (See the top 10 health-care-reform players...
South of the Border Bargains. There is no shortage of deals in Mexico. The Occidental Hotels and Resorts, for one, has cheap rooms at its various locations: Allegro Nuevo Vallarta from $46; Allegro Cozumel from $56; Allegro Playacar from $57; Occidental Grand Xcaret from $77; and Occidental Grand Cozumel from $78. Most properties are also offering the second night free through June 30. Kids under age 12 stay free through Dec. 20. Book by June...
...Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, 45 minutes from Puerto Vallarta, is giving away a free night for every two consecutive nights booked at the hotel. You can use the benefit more than once in a single stay, so if you stay four nights, you get two nights free. Rates start at $545 per night through June 30 and drop to $415 from July 1 through Sept...
Margarito and his wife would not have chosen to go back to Mexico anyway. Margarito's 8-year-old son, one of four U.S.-born children, is autistic. They've tried to find a program in Mexico that would work for him. There was a trip to Puerto Vallarta for dolphin therapy, which yielded little. They went to Morelia - the hometown of Margarito's wife - and found that the public schools would offer him only one hour of special education every three days, compared with 24 hours each week in St. Helens. All of which they could handle...