Phyllis Katz had to go to India to get necessary surgery because her insurance policy didn’t cover it. She’s just one participant in “medical tourism.” The San Francisco Chronicle reports that an estimated million and a half people sought health care outside the US in 2008, costing U.S. health care providers billions in lost revenue. Single payer, California OneCare would eliminate the need for medical tourism.
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