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\nWhat exactly is medical tourism? How safe is it to travel to another country for a medical procedure? And what about mixing a little vacation with some dental work? As of 2020, approximately 1 in 10 people in the US under the age of 65...\nWhat exactly is medical tourism? How safe is it to travel to another country for a medical procedure? And what about mixing a little vacation with some dental work? As of 2020, approximately 1 in 10 people in the US under the age of 65 are medically uninsured. So why is health care so expensive in the US? Alok and Sheena share some of the risks associated with medical tourism.\n
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2022
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healthcare, medicare, health insurance, traveling, prices, education, mexico
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alok patel, sheena williams, pbs, science, scicomm, travel, cdc, twocents, hospital, medicaid, healthcarecosts, medical tourism, medical abroad, medicine abroad, travel for plastic surgery, medical, health, cheap healthcare, save money on healthcare, medical tourist, cdc recommends, wearing gloves, fertility treatment, healthcare costs, medical procedure, treatment, patients, procedures, team, procedure, care, paying, people, make, doctor, private, ways, sheena, save
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