Medical tourism Heart attack on vacation

telling a sick person what they should or shouldn't do after a perhaps near death experience is a bit like the airline hostess running thru the plane cabin as the plane prepares to crash into a tall mountain. Perhaps it may help but...

I experienced medical tourism here this season in Zihua after having and mostly ignoring chest pains for a month, I saw two local Docs, the second Dr. Luviano travels from Mexico City and is here about 50% of the time. He is a very decent, caring Cardiologist who practices out of Clinica Marciel. He was able to give me some back stop meds to ease the discomfort and made referrals which ultimately had me going for a nuclear medicine stress test at Star Medica in Queretaro which is the most modern medical facility I have ever been in.
The bill for that procedure was $18,000 pesos( probably would have been $10,000 USD in Alaska) I ended up going to Phoenix for an angiogram so I could let Uncle Sam share in the "fun" I was having. If I could have managed to get my AARP supplemental which has 60 days out of country coverage, I would have had the angiogram in Queretaro where I was treated as a human being. The head of the Nuclear Medicine clinic personally made sure the cab driver took me to the correct bus station so I could travel back to San Miguel.
I would not take my dog to the Banner Health Heart Institute where I was treated poorly. I was left on the "slab" in Phoenix with a single sheet waiting 2 hours after the time when the procedure was to start without any information and when it did start, I did not have the Doc who told me he would do the procedure, 6 days later and 4 phone calls, I was able to get the results.
The conclusion for me is if I can swing it , I would rather get the specialized treatment in Mexico. Too bad Medicare and the private insurers can't figure out how much money they may save by covering treatment in Mexico.

PS now 50 days after I submitted my claims to AARP for reimbursement, I am still waiting. God bless America!