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Medical Tourism Is Great -- for Those Who Can Afford It

By Niko Karvounis, Health Beat. Posted August 21, 2008.


Americans going abroad to deal with their medical problems would only cut health costs 1-2 percent -- not enough to solve our greater crisis.
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Niko Karvounis is a Program Officer with The Century Foundation in New York City, where he works on issues of socioeconomic inequality and health care. He is a regular contributor to Health Beat, the Foundation’s health care blog.

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