Going Abroad to Find Affordable Health Care.

In the New York Times we learn that 85,000 Americans choose to travel abroad for medical procedures each year, according to a recent report by the consulting firm McKinsey & Company. Treatment includes dental implants, hip and knee replacements, heart valve replacements and bypass surgery. The cost of surgery performed overseas can be as little as 20 percent of the price of the same procedure in the United States, according to a recent report by the American Medical Association. Comment: When one considers the thousands of dollars these procedures cost in the US the airplane fare and hotel costs associated with medical tourism are minimal.