{"id":1444,"date":"2014-06-22T12:30:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T17:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/self-funding-passport-to-medical-tourism-for-us-employers\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T14:19:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T19:19:40","slug":"self-funding-passport-to-medical-tourism-for-us-employers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/self-funding-passport-to-medical-tourism-for-us-employers\/","title":{"rendered":"Self- Funding: <b>Passport<\/b> to Medical Tourism for <b>US<\/b> Employers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Self- Funding: <b>Passport<\/b> to Medical Tourism for <b>US<\/b> Employers<\/strong><br \/>\nEven though the increased cost for insurance has been shifted on the shoulders of working Americans, U.S. employers are identifying self-funding strategies that reconcile healthcare offerings with financial goals of the business \u2013 attracting and &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.medicaltourismmag.com\/13459\/\">Medical Tourism Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mukuni urges SADC to speed up uni-visa<\/strong><br \/>\n&quot;I&#39;m hoping for the day when we will actually be marketing tourism as a region, not as individual countries, the way the European Union is doing through the Shengen visa, so that if one enters with passport in Malawi, he is able to get to South Africa &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.postzambia.com\/post-read_article.php?articleId=50538\">postzambia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discrimination from Bahamian immigration<\/strong><br \/>\nJust recently (June 2014), a friend of mine was denied entry into The Bahamas because of failure to meet the entry requirements. 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