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  • Surgery and Medical Treatments combined with Tourism in Argentina

    Date: 2010.01.08 | Category: News & Society | Response: 0

    Author: Anonymous
    Source: free-articles

    Buenos Aires, Argentina April 21, 2004 — Now you can have the medical treatment you always wanted with the most affordable costs and visit a magnificent country at the same time. A new interesting proposal has been launched in Argentina: medical tourism. This means that instead of spending a high amount of money in a surgery in your own country, you can do it in Argentina and travel around the country for less than half the price.

    Plenitas is a new company that has been created to provide an integral service for medical treatments of excellence in Argentina. It counts with prestigious professionals with whom the patient will be able to have a previous appointment, trained bilingual personal assistants and a complete recuperation service after the treatment. At the same time the patients are able to enjoy the best hotels and tourist services, so as to transform their medical trip in a pleasant experience.

    Roberto Gawianski, Plenitas’ C.E.O. says โ€œOur country has many advantages. First of all, Argentina’s doctors have a wide international prestige. Second, due to present exchange rate we can provide the best costs. This makes it specially interesting for people without health insurance or whose insurance does not cover the desired treatment. Third, Argentina is a magnificent country for traveling, which has not only a wide variety of cultural attractions, but also many natural wonders. Fourth, this type of trips allows the patients to have their treatment and recuperation in privacy, counting with a permanent bilingual assistant to help them all along their stayโ€.

    Plenitas offers several surgeries and medical treatments in the best centers of the country and with the best professionals. The treatments include not only aesthetic surgery but also dental, ophthalmologic, fertility and cardiologic procedures, between others. If you decide to make a medical trip, you will be able to have pre-travel consultations with a doctor, in order to discuss and agree about the expectations and possible outcomes of the procedure. After the required Post-Surgery period, you will be able to extend the time of your recuperation in Argentina.

    From northern deserts to the Andean mountain range, from the Iguazรบ falls to the magnificent desolation of Patagonia, argentine geography is diverse and impressive. Buenos Aires, the capital city, is an ideal place for people with a cosmopolitan spirit. Argentina is one of the safest places in the world, since social problems have been reduced. Tourists can choose among a wide variety of hotels, as well as non-traditional accommodations, in different parts of the country, together with several touristy activities.

    For additional information: www.plenitas.com or info@plenitas.com.

    Contact Information:

    Cinthia Gawianski

    cg@plenitas.com

    (54-11) 4554-6336

  • Do You Need Wedding Insurance?

    Date: 2009.11.15 | Category: News & Society | Response: 0

    Author: Mike Bromley
    Source: articlesbase.com

    With all of the time and effort put into your wedding, you want it to go just right. Sometimes though, life has unpleasant surprises in store for you that can lead to either the postponement of your special day, cancellation, or other disasters and faux pas during the ceremony that can cost you a fortune in cancellation or rescheduling fees and other damages. As you plan your wedding day, you should certainly consider everything that is going to be involved, particularly whether you trust the caterers and other vendors that you are hiring to show up on time and with what you expect for the wedding ceremony. If you have anything less than the utmost respect and confidence in their abilities, you should really consider purchasing wedding insurance just in case something happens, or one of the vendors does not follow through on what they promised. The greatest fear of any wedding planner is that the caterer will not deliver on what they have promised. This happens more often than you think, and can quickly turn the perfect wedding into an unpleasant disaster. Last minute cancellations by your caterer will mean scrambling to find another who will handle your needs on such short notice, and this kind of treatment is liable to be expensive- very expensive. Wedding insurance will protect you from cancellations by providing monetary payouts in case of such cancellations without reasonable notice, and these funds can be paired with the refund from the original caterer to cover the inflated fees of catering your wedding on short notice. Wedding cancellations and postponements are far more common than vendors and caterers failing to deliver though, and can happen for a wide variety of reasons. Accidents can happen during stressful times, like the minutes leading up to your ceremony, and it is much more common than you would ever expect that grooms or brides trip and break a leg or an arm as they hurry about taking care of last minute touches. The weather is not always predictable, and can quickly turn sour on even the sunniest days to make it impossible to hold that outdoor wedding that you have always dreamed of. In these cases, wedding insurance will help cover the costs of rescheduling with all of your vendors, and in the case of an accident, will also help you cover medical costs. Wedding insurance, though you may not strictly need it, is a very good idea. The unexpected does occasionally happen, and with a wedding insurance plan, you can be sure that it will not ruin your special day when it does.

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  • Insurance 101 – Undermining America for the Good of Americans

    Date: 2009.10.21 | Category: News & Society | Response: 0

    Author: Nola L. Kelsey and August K. Anderson
    Source: articleage.com

    Insurance is like a myth. From one small seed of truth, a
    fairytale the size of 1000 giant sequoias has sprung up. Reality
    is blocked from view. Surely, you’ve noticed all the giant,
    sequoia-like buildings are owned by banks and insurance
    companies. Where do they get all that money? How much money do
    the executives make? Who pays for it all? Grab a mirror. “Magic
    mirror on the wall, who’s the biggest sucker of them all? What’s
    that you said? The Masses!”

    Insurance is yet another unquestioned social reflex. You just
    buy it. You must. The banker insists you have to purchase
    insurance or you don’t get the loan. Your government orders you
    to buy auto insurance at any cost. Hence, it must be really good
    for you. Hell, why not stock up on some of the non-mandated
    insurances as well? You can’t have too much of a good thing. Can
    you?

    Somewhere in the dark, murky corners of our minds we hide our
    thoughts. Like The Emperor’s New Clothes, no one screams out,
    “But he has nothing on!” or “Hey, this is just bullshit!” You
    are not alone in the darkness. We all think it. So you are no
    longer scared to speak, here are some of those secret thoughts
    voiced out loud for the first time:

    1) If I speak out against insurance, I will be jinxed. My home
    will surely burn to the ground and I will look like a moron.

    2) If I speak out against insurance, some pecker-head who heard
    me will have an accident and sue me because folks are not
    responsible for their own choices.

    3) Insurance is betting against myself. Why would I bet against
    me?

    4) If insurance companies must charge such high premiums because
    they’re losing so much in payouts, how do they afford all those
    big buildings?

    5) What do insurance companies sell? Air? Promises they intend
    to deny via small print? Contracts? Wouldn’t I rather buy an
    IHOP franchise with that money?

    6) If government represents the people, why do they make me, a
    people, a criminal when I cannot afford auto insurance to get to
    work and feed my family?

    7) How much in dollars and perks do insurance lobbyists put into
    the pockets of politicians?
    8) Do I really need trip-cancellation insurance? Why would I buy
    a dream trip, and then bet on my canceling it at the last
    moment?

    9) If I put all the money I spend on insurance into the bank or
    toward building success, how much money would I have for coping
    with my problems on my own terms?

    10) If I buy the extended warranty, will I remember I have it or
    be able to find it when my widget explodes?

    11) Shouldn’t companies make quality widgets that last three
    years in the first place?

    12) And finally, did Jennifer Lopez really insure herself for
    hundreds of millions of dollars? What? She is already rich. The
    agent who sold this policy is phenomenal.

    Yes, we all know the system is way out of hand! The blame lies
    with insurance companies, greedy bankers, spineless politicians
    and with the Masses unquestioningly supporting these
    absurdities. Every frivolous lawsuit provides government an
    excuse for mandating people be protected from themselves via
    costly insurances and removal of individual freedoms.

    Before long, we will be required to carry Coffee-Burn riders on
    auto insurance and Cell- Phone-Earring-Tear addendums on HMOs.
    These days Sleeping Beauty would have sued the castle owner
    (a.k.a. Dad) for that prick on the finger, lost wages from the
    coma and for trauma from the scar. Uninsured sewing needles
    would be outlawed throughout the kingdom.

    With a system this out of control, how do you protect yourself?
    You cut the fat. Quit betting against yourself. Think about all
    those different types of insurance. Stop buying out of reflex
    and decide for yourself what you can kick to the curb. Consider
    the variety out there and what you truly must have.

    Life Insurance is for betting you will die such a loser that you
    can’t pay for your own funeral or leave your kids any
    inheritance. Extra Car Insurance-How much you betting that you
    will crash? Not to mention, homeowner’s, mortgage, trip
    cancellation, emergency evacuation, unemployment, boat, credit
    card, business interruption, earthquake, disability, dental,
    smoker, expatriate, backpack traveler, winter sports, flood,
    warranty and health insurance. The list goes on.

    Here is a new monument to the ludicrous: Terrorist Insurance.
    It’s even pushed at Art Gallery Owner’s in isolated communities
    of the Northern Great Plains. And, why not? No doubt Osama is
    crouching in an Afghan cave right now, plotting to rid the world
    of those pesky Remmington Cowboy bronzes.

    Insurance agents prey upon these new fears like snakes on
    wounded mice. Apparently, companies want to terrorize you into
    buying coverage. Another possibility is a rebel SCUD aimed for
    Mount Rushmore may slam into a Canada Goose and go askew. It
    sucks when this happens! No doubt your goat ranch in Chug Water,
    Wyoming is in eminent danger from this likely chain of events.
    Perhaps, you should add a specific ‘Unpasteurized-Cheese
    Addendum’ to your Terrorist Policy. Call your agent today and
    ask them. See if they will sell you one.

    The odds of you dying of a mosquito bite are better than the
    odds you will die at the hands of a terrorist. Well, crap! The
    government better permit companies to require we all carry
    Mosquito Insurance. Maybe you can get a DEET discount! Better
    still; why not turn over all our bothersome responsibility, like
    freedom and privacy, to the Feds. Then good ol’ Uncle Sam can
    protect citizens from the winged menaces that haunt our very
    souls.

    Congress could raise taxes to fund Bug Inspectors. Their job
    would be to comb through your private life, home and property
    looking for freestanding water. They would not look for anything
    else (roll eyes here). Still cancer and glaucoma patients might
    want to keep the baggies away from the birdbath.

    Speaking of cancer, the Air Force could spray us all from above
    with a perfectly “safe” mixture of insecticides called Agent
    Tan. Coincidently, that day your governor vacations far away. Is
    there anybody in his or her right mind who would elect an
    insurance salesman to public office? Of course, both politicians
    and insurers are selling you hot air, so perhaps it is a match
    made in H…

    A very few insurances are worth buying, such as liability
    insurance for cars and real estate. Once you have something to
    lose, it’s a sure bet some lazy troll with an
    entitlement-mentality will try to sue you. In this case, you
    want the giants on your side. Insurance companies provide
    lawyers to run evil little trolls back under their bridges.

    Insurance prices in America are out of control. The wide range
    of insurance the bureaucracy would have us believe we cannot
    live without is genuinely insulting. Buying all the coverage
    companies would have you believe you need wastes thousands of
    your dollars each year. Look over policies and eliminate what
    you can. Insurance is just legalized gambling. If you are
    betting against yourself, how can you take a gamble on yourself?
    Pursue your dreams instead!