Those having trouble paying for adequate health care could become a “medical tourist” and seek more affordable services outside of the country, suggested one respondent to my blog on Monday, focusing on our system's shortcomings raised in Michael Moore's “Sicko” documentary. Is this really what we've come to in the United States? Having to offshore our own medical care???
I personally think it's crazy to have to travel elsewhere for cheaper (but hopefully adequate) care, but apparently this is increasingly the norm, rather than the exception, for many unfortunate Americans–with or without health insurance.
I knew the trend was hitting the mainstream when I saw an episode of “Boston Legal” last fall, in which the slightly demented trial attorney, William Shatner's Denny Crane, took on the defense of someone suing an HMO when an insured died after being sent to a Third World country for cheaper surgery.
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