You wouldn’t pirate a medicine, would you?

  • kirk781@discuss.tchncs.deOP
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    3 months ago

    Isn’t medical tourism a thing in the US too; like you can fly to a developing country, get your treatment done by top specialists there and fly back to US and the cost would still be lower than what it would have taken to do in home country.

    • EchoCranium@lemmy.zip
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      3 months ago

      It has been popular. People were traveling out of country for joint replacements. Costs were less for travel, surgery, and recovery than what they would pay for it here. Covid put a damper on travel for a couple years, so not sure if it’s still as popular. I would consider it if/when I need knee replacements done. Considering what I’ve heard about the quality issues of joint replacements in the US, I don’t want one here.

    • winterayars
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      3 months ago

      You can fly to a developed country and still get treatment cheaper.