Tariff increases

[Tradd]

What I'm worried about is how Mexico will respond. Many Americans depend on Mexico for health care - will Trump sabotage this? If he does, is he not fairly directly responsible for murder in cases of patient death due to lackmof access to Mexican health care? Something else to despise the man for. Rob

Rob, I’m going to be blunt. Most of us don’t live near the southern border and don’t give a flying fig if people are able to go back and forth. If you’re so enamored of Mexico, JUST MOVE already! But you don’t have the money saved the Mexican government requires, do you? I just love how you think we should let anyone come in via Mexico, but you won’t say a damned word about Mexico’s requirements for people moving there.

[gimmethesimplelife]

Rob, I’m going to be blunt. Most of us don’t live near the southern border and don’t give a flying fig if people are able to go back and forth. If you’re so enamored of Mexico, JUST MOVE already! But you don’t have the money saved the Mexican government requires, do you? I just love how you think we should let anyone come in via Mexico, but you won’t say a damned word about Mexico’s requirements for people moving there.

Whoah. Ouch. My point? Maybe no one on this
board cares regarding this issue but it's a big deal in border states, especially that one without expanded Medicaid. (But it does have Austin). I am far from the only one deeply concerned here. Rob

[iris lilies]

Whoah. Ouch. My point? Maybe no one on this
board cares regarding this issue but it's a big deal in border states, especially that one without expanded Medicaid. (But it does have Austin). I am far from the only one deeply concerned here. Rob

I don’t know how trade tariffs affect medical tourism. How does that work?

[Tradd]

Dude, I do not care. Mexico was always the red-headed bastard stepchild of NAFTA. Since the USMCA came into effect, I call it the USCMA, even at work. Canada will ALWAYS come before Mexico. Canada is easy peasy to deal with for work. Mexico is a massive headache, everyone I deal with down there is incompetent. Canada is civilized. Mexico, hah!

I do not give a shit what goes in on southern border states. Mexico could fall off and I would cheer. Nothing but trouble from that end.

[Tradd]

I don’t know how trade tariffs affect medical tourism. How does that work?

Tariffs don’t affect medical tourism at all

[bae]

Tariffs don’t affect medical tourism at all

Well, they might up here.

At present, lots of Canadians cross down into the US to shop at big box stores we have near the border, and this clogs up the border crossings. I might guess that if US prices increase, this will make the lines at the border shorter, and I can more easily pop up to Vancouver for dim sum.

Similarly, the buses of elderly folks that head to Vancouver to get their meds cheaper might find it easier.

[Tradd]

Well, they might up here.

At present, lots of Canadians cross down into the US to shop at big box stores we have near the border, and this clogs up the border crossings. I might guess that if US prices increase, this will make the lines at the border shorter, and I can more easily pop up to Vancouver for dim sum.

Similarly, the buses of elderly folks that head to Vancouver to get their meds cheaper might find it easier.

Canadians are welcome. People via the southern border? Nope.

[frugal-one]

Tariffs don’t affect medical tourism at all

But they will affect medications. Recently heard something like only 3% made in the US.

[frugal-one]

Canadians are welcome. People via the southern border? Nope.

Many vegetables and crops come from Mexico…. prices will escalate for basic food.

[rosarugosa]

Tariffs don’t affect medical tourism at all

I can only speak for my neck of the woods, but the people I see doing roofing, landscape maintenance, home improvements, nursing home care, and probably a lot of other essential jobs that I'm not recalling at the moment are not Canadians.