The Real Cost Of Getting Sick In The Usa...

[sandyRoe]

This presents a jokey slant to it, but it prompts the thought, is there much health tourism from the USA?
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1JTb5i

[rockyracoon]

Haha, I saw this on FB a couple of days ago. I wonder how much health insurance costs in the States, and I understand (if Grey's Anatomy is to be believed) that not everything is covered.

[sandyRoe]

I think Americans must dread a chronic illness in the family. It could bankrupt them.

[Jeza]

I thought Obama had put in a health care programme similar to the NHS. Or am I wrong about that?

[sandyRoe]

I think the Republican opposition watered the bill down and then the computer system to be used wasn't up to the job.

[hc4361]

It has often been debated the per centage of USA citizens that hold a passport that entitles them to travel outside the US and Canada but 35% seems to be a solid statistic, compared to 71% of the UK.
That is still a great number of Americans but I doubt there is much health tourism from the USA, especially in the UK. Americans are very sneery about the NHS and don't rate it at all.