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  1. RT @JosefWoodman Game-changer: Caymans partner w Indian heart hospital to offer low-cost care to int'l patients http://bit.ly/6Ex8du [Wow!]
  2. Hannaford Brothers...2-year pilot, 0 medical travelers http://bit.ly/8FMjAk Domestic providers have responded w low prices
  3. Potential benefit of medical tourism...lower hurdles to bring up new procedures http://bit.ly/3xfe9r Need comfort on safety tho
  4. Spoke w/ gentleman who hip replacement at Apollo in Chennai. Retired young but not yet on medicare...age group perfect for #medicaltourism
  5. Tax incentives for #medicaltourism income http://bit.ly/1b4rI3 Perhaps more providers, lower op expense = lower cost to patients
  6. Solid tips on checking out medical tourism companies & docs...http://bit.ly/3Ibkfh
  7. Have a story about surgery abroad? Send me a message - I'd love to talk to you.
  8. Interviewed man who owed a FL hospital $24k (after insurance pd $17k!) for hip replacement. 2nd hip done in India for $11k all in
  9. NYTimes "competition from providers abroad might have the unexpected effect of lowering medical costs in this country" http://bit.ly/qkAM5
  10. #medicaltourism crowding out the domestic sector in NZ? http://bit.ly/3VcODM Possible, but taxes may be short sighted.
  11. LATimes tees off of #medicaltourism...underlying assumption that oversight creates high quality in US. Laughable! http://bit.ly/1VMNPA
  12. RT @josefwoodman Deloitte Medical Tourism update released, JCI & Patients Beyond Borders "neutral overseers" http://bit.ly/3vCpuU
  13. #medicaltourism gossip column. MSNBC piece on the medical tourism association's saga http://bit.ly/1ADG5O
  14. Deloitte says medical tourism fell between 2007&2009 http://bit.ly/47ibNT No one's figured out how to estimate this...yet.
  15. Move over pay day loans http://bit.ly/3wX5Vt Wonder how much traction medical loans gets? Enhanced health = asset.
  16. Encouraging comment about #medicaltourism from insurance co.
  17. Positive pressure from medical tourism. $12k lap band in Nashville TN http://bit.ly/2yxows
  18. WSJ feature on international surrogacy http://bit.ly/3G9EAH Discriminatory practice or economic opportunity for some?
  19. Globalizing pathology? http://bit.ly/1AERtS Digital radiology hasn't globalized & digital path is further behind. Old school prevails
  20. tort savings http://ow.ly/u0KL (via @AmerMedicalAssn) what would fixing the cause-100k preventable errors/yr-rather than the symptom save?