There was supposed to be a third answer to the poll...

No!

But I guess I didn't hit the button, my bad!

Honestly, I would recommend that you go to singapore and have a great visit and then come back to the u s and get your hip replaced.

If you have a horrible surgery experience in this country you can at least sue for compensation and try to get your bad surgery fixed locally.

If you have a bad surgery in singapore and come back to the us, you are going to be asking a doctor that has nothing to do with the surgery you had overseas and may not be familiar with the procedure used in that country.

Imo it sets you up for a real disaster and you will have no alternative once it is done. Also, if you have never had a major surgery before you don't know that you will not be into vacationing after double hip replacement. After my back surgery all I wanted to do was die. There is no way to explain the amount of pain you are in post surgery and durring physical therapy

It would be okay if you had someone to stay with for sometime. I have learned that cheaper is not always better. Generally I am a positive person but what if something went wrong, to me the plane trip back would not be very comfortable. I am no dr and it is your choice. After my surgeries, I just wanted to come home and be in my bed.
Good luck with your decision and your surgeries!

Well, according to time the packages include:
surgery, med's, room & board for you and 1 other person, after surgery therapy, and, um, a bunch of other stuff I can't remember right now.

And no, I wasn't planning on sightseeing after the surgery... I would go a few days early to get the good stuff out of the way.

Good points though...All of them...

I need to think.

As an experienced medtrotter, travelling for health care is a viable alternative to settling for what is available in my city or state. Here's the reality: what we perceive here in the US as a step out of our comfort zone, is common practice in almost every other corner of the planet. What we call "medical tourism", or travelling for health care, Europeans and Asians call "health care". Meaning, it's common practice to pursue health services in other places, whether that is another city or country. It would be like us travelling to another city or, at the most, to another state, for health care in the US. Not a big deal in terms of distance or comfort level.