Medical Tourism Q & A: Are Cost Savings Worth the Risks?

In terms of insurance-covered procedures, I think it depends entirely on how much health care reform minimizes the number of people without insurance. As the economy improves and more people gain insurance, I think that’s going to be the major driver in terms of the growth of insurance-covered medical tourism. Right now, I think we’re seeing a bit of a spike simply because there are more and more people without insurance. Once that trend changes, I think the number of people going abroad will significantly decline. Virtually nobody is going abroad if they have insurance coverage.