The Medical Tourism Substack

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The Medical Tourism Substack
The Financial Burden of Healthcare in the U.S.: How Medical Tourism Offers a Lifeline
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The Financial Burden of Healthcare in the U.S.: How Medical Tourism Offers a Lifeline

Over 66% of personal bankruptcies in the U.S. are a consequence of medical issues - what does that mean for medical tourism?

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Christian El-Khouri
Jul 19, 2024
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The Financial Burden of Healthcare in the U.S.: How Medical Tourism Offers a Lifeline
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Over 66% of personal bankruptcies in the U.S. are a consequence of medical issues—either directly due to high costs or indirectly through time out of the job. This fact is hard to fathom as someone who has enjoyed the privileges of German health insurance. But U.S. citizens have a way out. Literally. Medical tourism from the U.S. is growing, and there a…

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