A deadly Mexico kidnapping revealed this week the dangers Americans face in their pursuit of health care abroad as medical tourism continues to escalate.
'Outnumbered' panelists weigh in after four Americans kidnapped in Mexico were identified by family members.revealed the dangers Americans face in their pursuit of health care abroad as medical tourism continues to grow in response to high medical costs at home.
Medical tourism has been on a steep rise since the early 2000s, according to the American Journal of Medicine, which reported that travel from the U.S. to other countries in the pursuit of foreign medical treatments doubled over a 10-year period. abroad for health care in 2007. By 2017, that figure had jumped to more than 1.4 million, a number believed to have continued to climb substantially.
But, just as medical tourism began to rise, so too did violence across the southern border, Falko Ernst, a senior analyst on Mexico with the International Crisis Group, noted. Mexican army soldiers prepare a search mission for four U.S. citizens kidnapped by gunmen in Matamoros, Mexico, Monday, March 6, 2023.the four Americans attacked in Matamoros may have been mistaken as Haitian smugglers by a Mexican cartel that then opened fire in broad daylight on their van before apparently panicking and loading them in the back of a white pickup.
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