Is "medical tourism" — Americans' going abroad for cheaper treatments — good or bad? The answer is "yes." It's both. But one thing is for sure: Medical tourism is here to stay. A new study by the Deloitte consulting firm forecasts that the number of Americans going abroad for care, 750,000 last year, will explode to 10 million by 2012.
I fancy myself something of a pioneer in this. Way back in 2000, I traveled to Canada for Lasik eye surgery, to correct ...
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