the funny part is, thats not actually a joke.
Not a joke at all. It is becoming quite common, and people who have been to India recommend it.
. . . there IS a lot of outsourcing going on, and people here in the us making scads of cash,
the ones that could actually afford the treatment here find it cheaper to fly overseas . . .
Everyone finds it cheaper. The round-trip airfare from Atlanta is $1,200. They will charge you that much for Kleenex in an Atlanta hospital. Middle class and poor people are going. Especially people who have a serious illness and no health insurance.
I exaggerated the difference in cost. A hip operation that costs ~$24,000 in the US is available for $6,600 to Americans in India. The extra $1,200 for airfare hardly matters. See:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1022456.cms
The hospital described here has treated 43,000 foreign patients in the last 3.5 years.
- Jed
