"Unless you're Bill Gates, you're just one serious illness away from bankruptcy!"
Slophel mused, "Although this sounds a bit exaggerated, it is sowhat true, especially for the Arican middle class."
"The United States does have relatively comprehensive dical insurance, and major illness insurance, but except for a few high-cost private health insurances, most dical insurances have strict regulations on treatnt thods, dicines used, choice of hospitals, and even attending physicians."
"If the illness is severe and complicated, and one seeks treatnt from renowned doctors in private hospitals, or requests consultations, the out-of-pocket expenses can be shockingly high."
"Moreover, not all Aricans have dical insurance. There are many insured Aricans who, due to unemploynt or various reasons, sotis find themselves in periods without coverage."
"These people, once they contract a serious illness, can only wait to die, or go bankrupt due to their illness."
"Apart from the issue of dical expenses, there's another important factor."
Slophel looked at Lin Jie and solemnly said, "Mr. Lin Jie, I've studied it seriously. Your dical skills are on par with those of Arica's top dical experts like Dr. Siselda, Dr. Kerr, and Dr. Dadof."
"These are so of the leading specialists in neurosurgery, general surgery, and ophthalmic surgery in the United States."
"These people have their schedules packed, and apart from weekends off, they frequently take vacations. If a patient wants to jump the queue to have them intervene or get them to cancel their rest to treat, it's not just about having money."
"So, Mr. Lin Jie, my plan is to first introduce so middle-class patients with serious diseases to co to China to seek your treatnt. On the one hand, the treatnt effect is assured, and on the other hand, the dical costs will be much lower than in the United States."
At this mont, Shen Lanruo's voice sounded in Lin Jie's mind: "Ah Jie, the dical expenses in the United States are indeed very high. Let give you so numbers for reference."
"At the Mayo Clinic, a routine liver transplant costs around $220,000. A routine heart transplant costs around $180,000, and a routine kidney transplant costs about $100,000."
"The reason for adding 'routine' is to indicate that the patient's body has no special conditions and the surgery goes smoothly. If there are any unexpected issues, the surgery costs can easily double or even multiply several tis, and that's normal."
"The facial hemangioma surgery you perford on the young girl at the hospital, which was a complex operation, according to the Mayo Clinic's surgery cost assessnt, wouldn't be less than $200,000."
These numbers left Lin Jie sowhat dumbfounded.
Compared to dostic treatnt costs, the difference is at least five or six tis.
Slophel continued, "Once Mr. Lin Jie's reputation spreads in the United States, Arican patients, due to dical expenses and other reasons, will naturally co to Anlin Hospital in China seeking treatnt."
Earning money from foreigners is naturally sothing Lin Jie is happy to see, and it can also quickly enhance the reputation of Anlin Hospital.
"Mr. Slophel, your suggestion sounds wonderful. However, I have a question."
Lin Jie asked softly, "In the impression of most Aricans, our country is a developing and backward nation, especially in terms of dical technology."
"Every year, quite a few Chinese people go to the United States for dical treatnt."
"How will you persuade your fellow countryn to trust my dical skills? This involves a significant matter of life and death for them; they wouldn't easily venture to China for it."
Slophel confidently smiled, took a sip of tea, and said, "Eradicating soone's prejudice is naturally not an easy thing. That's where my value lies."
"Mr. Lin Jie, I've been working in dical equipnt sales for a long ti. Because of my job, I've co to know many doctors in Arican hospitals."
"When I'm ho, I spend a lot of my spare ti introducing hospitals to patients and helping them schedule appointnts with doctors. In this field, my reputation and trustworthiness are quite good."
Seeing the confident expression on Slophel's face, Lin Jie suddenly realized.
Turns out this guy is sothing of a healthcare broker, interdiary, and scalper in the United States, and he's trying to expand into international business.
Slophel admitted without hesitation, "Mr. Lin Jie, I do have so doctor resources, but to be frank, while they have so skill, their level is still sowhat low, only able to handle less severe, non-urgent dical issues."
He expressively lanted, "Mr. Lin Jie, while your dical skills are high, your practicing license is not recognized in the United States."
"Otherwise..."
Slophel sighed regretfully.
He once considered having Lin Jie work as an underground doctor in the United States.
But once he researched Lin Jie's current status, he imdiately dropped this unrealistic idea. Why would a well-recognized esteed doctor at ho take such a risk in the United States?
However, Slophel thought of it as an opportunity.
If Lin Jie could practice dicine openly in the United States, there would be nothing for him to do here.
Lin Jie's dical skills are genuine.
Convincing patients to co to China for treatnt in the initial phase would indeed require so effort, but Slophel was confident that with his years of accumulated credibility, along with so guarantees and discounts, so people would be swayed.
Once there are initial success stories and positive word-of-mouth spreads, subsequent patients will follow continuously.
"Mr. Slophel, I still need to think this through carefully. I can't give you a definite answer for now." Lin Jie ultimately gave a vague answer ant to delay the situation.
Slophel chuckled softly, "This indeed is a decision that requires serious consideration."
"Mr. Lin Jie, please believe that this is absolutely a mutually beneficial suggestion..."
After dinner, Slophel said goodbye and returned to the hotel.
Lin Jie stayed behind to continue discussing the matter with An Weize and An Kexin.
He opened by asking, "Uncle An, Kexin, what do you both think about this matter?"
An Kexin contemplated for a mont and spoke first, "Ah Jie, I think we can agree to this."
"Patients coming from abroad for treatnt are still patients."
"Moreover, they'll all be self-funded, not requiring dostic dical insurance reimbursents, which is a way to earn foreign exchange for the country. We can even apply discriminatory pricing and charge them more for dical services."
She giggled and continued, "There's also the issue of external publicity."
"The Luo family's Phoenix Mountain Hospital claims to employ dical experts from around the globe so that people at ho can seek care with confidence. anwhile, we're attracting Aricans who travel thousands of miles to co to us for treatnt."
"Such an obvious contrast makes it imdiately apparent to outsiders which facility has better standards."
"Dad, wouldn't you say that's true?"
An Weize gently shook his head, face stern, and criticized, "Kexin, you shouldn't always asure the hospital's benefits alone."
"You need to rember, Ah Jie is the core of the hospital. Only things that benefit Ah Jie are beneficial to the hospital."
He turned to Lin Jie and kindly said, "Ah Jie, I understand your thoughts. You want the developnt of Anlin Hospital to enter a positive cycle within three to five years."
"Then, you could allocate ti and energy to focus on research, striving toward the Nobel Prize in Physiology."
"The rehabilitation center for disabled soldiers in collaboration with the military, the sports injury research center with Ye Peihua, the targeted dical class with Binhai University, and the training programs through grand rounds, teaching surgeries, and specialized reports once Anlin Hospital is operational..."
An Weize solemnly stated, "All these matters require your support."
"The patients introduced by Slophel in the early stages will likely be mostly those with severe and challenging conditions, and perhaps only you can handle them with confidence."
"Ah Jie, what you've done for the hospital is already enough; you need to pace yourself."
He advised, "Many things are best not hurried, Ah Jie; you don't need to be anxious. Although the hospital centers around you, it's not just you; there are hundreds of colleagues working with you, and they can share the burden too. Many things don't require you to shoulder them alone."
"Ah Jie, I hope to see you and Kexin together for a long, long ti, alright?"
Hearing this, Lin Jie felt touched, sensing a genuine caring concern.
An Kexin's face turned pale in an instant, hastily explaining, "Ah Jie, Ah Jie, I have no other thoughts, I just... I just..."
Lin Jie pinched her nose and laughed, "Look at you getting all anxious, don't worry, I won't overthink it."
"Actually, Kexin, your thoughts are quite right."
He analyzed, "It's predictable that even if I and Anlin Hospital gain so fa in the United States, the number of Arican patients seeking treatnt here will still be limited."
"And as for patients from the United States, we can first filter through dical records, naturally welcoming as many as possible who don't require my intervention for mild conditions."
"For those needing my intervention, treatnt can be scheduled according to my working calendar. We'll accept what we can schedule and decline what we cannot."
"In this way, it won't add much to my workload."
Lin Jie laughed, "This small group of Aricans can not only bring relatively substantial revenue to Anlin Hospital but also create a positive reputation. I think Slophel's suggestion is feasible."
He declared with pride, "The goal for Anlin Hospital is to beco an internationally renowned hospital. And to be internationally renowned, we must accept patients from all over the world."
"Having Arican patients co right from the start is such a good thing, how could we refuse it."
"Kexin, have a good talk with Mr. Slophel and, hmm... find out from him what would be an appropriate high dical price for Arican patients."
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