Traveling Overseas for Medical Care
From the WOSU:
All-inclusive vacations might feature a stay in a luxury hotel, gourmet meals, and in some cases, a hip replacement. Companies that specialize in medical tourism help patients in the U.S. find health care opportunities abroad, often at greatly reduced costs. This hour, we’ll talk about why a million Americans each year travel overseas for medical care and the legal and ethical gray areas of this growing trend.
Guests:
- Glenn Cohen, professor of law and bioethics at Harvard, author of “Patients with Passports: Medical Tourism, Law and Ethics”
- Josef Woodman, CEO of Patients Beyond Borders
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bioethics health care finance health law policy i. glenn cohen international medical safety regulation