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<blockquote data-quote="beatupbrown" data-source="post: 245435" data-attributes="member: 4488"><p>Around 47 million people in the U.S. don't have health insurance, and medical bills are related in some way to half of all bankruptcies. Affordable health care is a prominent part in presidential campaigns from both parties.</p><p>The number of people leaving the U.S. for medical tourism is growing, Dr. Kevin Schulman, a health economist at Duke University, said. For example, in India, a new heart hospital charges $2,000 for heart bypass surgery, he said.</p><p>Besides lower costs, foreign hospitals can also offer excellent care, Schulman said. "We think the quality of surgery, actually, in France or in western Europe is very high," he said.</p><p>In health systems, like those in Canada, France and the U.K., care is treated as a right, instead of commodity, but long waits for some tests and treatments can be a problem.</p><p><a href="http://www.wral.com/lifestyles/healthteam/story/1847381/" target="_blank">http://www.wral.com/lifestyles/healthteam/story/1847381/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="beatupbrown, post: 245435, member: 4488"] Around 47 million people in the U.S. don't have health insurance, and medical bills are related in some way to half of all bankruptcies. Affordable health care is a prominent part in presidential campaigns from both parties. The number of people leaving the U.S. for medical tourism is growing, Dr. Kevin Schulman, a health economist at Duke University, said. For example, in India, a new heart hospital charges $2,000 for heart bypass surgery, he said. Besides lower costs, foreign hospitals can also offer excellent care, Schulman said. "We think the quality of surgery, actually, in France or in western Europe is very high," he said. In health systems, like those in Canada, France and the U.K., care is treated as a right, instead of commodity, but long waits for some tests and treatments can be a problem. [URL]http://www.wral.com/lifestyles/healthteam/story/1847381/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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