Does Medical Tourism Transform Local Healthcare?
Fifty years ago, the notion of Americans traveling to poorer countries for healthcare would have been considered, according to Arnold Milstein, “a lead-in line to a joke.” Now, it’s not only plausible, but appealing, and often the only option for patients lacking insurance or money for care. Milstein, U.S. Health Care Thought Leader at Mercer and a quality care expert, explained that medical tourism has grown much more attractive as healthcare costs have for years outpaced income increases. “Some have analogized it to this idea of cooking a frog one …
