Law Practice
Dec. 19, 2008
It's a World of Risk for Medical 'Tourists'
Researchers say 750,000 patients traveled internationally for medical treatment last year, despite the fact that courts in popular "medical tourism" destinations, like India, Thailand and Mexico, offer little recourse for injured or grieving foreign patients.
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - When 71-year-old Rhenee Field debated whether to pay $50,000 for cosmetic dental surgery in Beverly Hills or fly to El Salvador, where the procedure costs one-fifth the price, giving up her legal rights did not factor into the equation. The retired schoolteacher flew to South America to have crowns and veneers put on all of her teeth because her insurance refused to cover the procedure. Fie...
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