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In November 206 I visited Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok to get a full physical exam. (Even though I have a top-end medical insurance through University of California, the annual physical exam it pays for is very basic. So I took advantage of my stay in Bangkok to go to this hospital. The experience was completely amazing (more later). So it was quite interesting to read this news a year and a half later:Outsourcing the PatientsMore U.S. health insurers are slashing costs by sending policyholders overseas for pricey proceduresby Bruce EinhornBusiness Week, March 13, 2008″Blue Cross took the lead in medical offshoring when it formed its first partnership, with Bumrungrad Hospital, in February. Since then the insurer has signed similar pacts with the Parkway Group Healthcare, owner of three hospitals in Singapore, and hospitals in Turkey, Ireland, and Costa Rica. Three members of India’s Apollo Hospitals Group are also joining the network. And another large Indian chain, Wockhardt Hospitals, is talking with U.S. insurers as well.”

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