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Title: For medical treatment, do hospitals in the United States sometimes have to send their patients abroad?
Post by: smokeyjou on Jan 18, 2013
Please provide examples, including the type of treatment and the country where the patient is sent for treatment.


Title: For medical treatment, do hospitals in the United States sometimes have to send their patients abroad?
Post by: rivale on Jan 18, 2013
I have seen patients who got a recommendation to travel to another country where a procedure being used was not yet approved in the US. Some people lately have traveled to Israel or to Germany for Stem Cell treatments. How well they worked I do not know. But I have seen the option given.


Title: For medical treatment, do hospitals in the United States sometimes have to send their patients abroad?
Post by: firecommon on Jan 18, 2013
2Nd. answer is correct.