I'm not there yet, but if the day ever comes when I need major medical care, this is where I'm going: http://www.apollohospitals.com

I can arrange everything from here through a travel agent that specializes in this trade. Door to door service, including convalesence accomodation where needed. A couple of my Indian friends have already used their services and they swear by them.

Read the investor material while you're browsing their site. Check out the revenue growth and earnings. It's difficult to invest in India - you need to be a citizen, or invest via an approved mutual fund. If that changes, and they list their shares in NY or London, I'm buying as much as I can afford. Meanwhile, I'm looking for an India fund that's heavily weighted in Apollo.

Realistically speaking, you have to prepare for every contingency, including no government support whatsoever. Socialism failed in the USSR, it's failing in Europe, and it's starting to fail here in the West. For all the good intentions, promises were made that could never be kept and now that bill is coming due. Hard lessons lie ahead for anyone who thinks the Big Nanny State is going to help them. That's one point Doug Casey and I both agree on...heh.

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