Rising health costs and dwindling insurance coverage are driving hundreds of thousands of Americans to travel far to seek crucial treatment overseas in order to avoid potentially devastating medical bills
"In the U.S., it's getting to be pretty Darwinian in terms of who lives and who dies," Arnold Milstein
who flew to Malaysia ten months ago to get two artificial disks to ease the grinding pain in his back, paid about 27,000 dollars for the treatment, including surgery, hospitalization, hotels and airfare. The same surgery would cost him 105,000 dollars in the Un
King said he traveled to Gleneagles hospital in Malaysia for the treatment because his insurance company refused to improve his coverage to include such an operation.
Gleneagles is among dozens of hospitals in the developing world racking up international accreditations or affiliations with prestigious U.S. universities. Many of them boast English-speaking and highly trained doctors.
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