Last year we visited an Indian hospital that engaged in medical tourism. Fascinating place and visit.

Today’s Wall Street Journal [subscription required] had a great article on this very subject (Paying Workers To Go Abroad For Health Care).

Short summary:

In an effort to control rising costs, a small but growing number of insurers and employers are giving people the option of seeking treatment in countries like India.

I predict said trend will continue and more and more firms will do this.

Check out the article.

Have any of you worked for or do any of you work for firms that have plugged into medical tourism to help cut costs? If so, what has been your experience?

If not, if/when that day comes, won’t this trip help you make a better/more informed decision re: the viability of going this route for you individually and/or for you as a manager of your firm trying to educate your employees on this option?