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by zshrdlu 1249 days ago
I'm curious: Is "health tourism" a thing for Americans? Healthcare is extremely cheap where I live by comparison.
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> I'm curious: Is "health tourism" a thing for Americans? Healthcare is extremely cheap where I live by comparison.

Depends on what kind of healthcare is required. I'm from a country with "extremely cheap" healthcare (Ukraine), but if you are diagnosed with something nasty you either shell out hundreds of thousands to go to a place with expensive healthcare to get that CAR T-cell therapy or you die.