Not a rhetorical question

by David Safier
This morning's Star has an article, Medical tourism keeps growing, about people going to other countries to get medical treatment.

The main example is of someone who got a hip replacement for $20,000 in New Zealand — in Aukland, at a private hospital. The cost included travel and lodging. According to the article, the same procedure would have cost between $80,000 and $140,000 here.

How can the same procedure cost 4 to 7 times more here than it costs, unsubsidized, in a country like New Zealand?

You're welcome to say the problem is all the malpractice suits here, but, come on. I'll need more than that.


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