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  • June 2008
    • US Insurers Warming to Medical Tourism

      US Insurers Warming to Medical Tourism

      (Newser) - If you’re in need of high-priced surgery, your insurance company might have a plane ticket for you. Insurers are starting to warm to “medical tourism” for the same reason uninsured Americans are: Surgery is significantly cheaper overseas. At least 150,000 Americans go abroad for medical procedures every year; insurance typically covers just a handful, but the number is rising rapidly, MSNBC reports. More »

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      health insurance   health care costs   health insurers   medical tourism   Cigna   Aetna   Blue Cross

  • November 2007

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