Patients are instead at the mercy of their insurance companies for determining the extent of care they receive and where they receive it. Any patient who wants a procedure or a medication not covered by their plan and any patient whose insurance company denies coverage of certain procedures is forced to foot the bill themselves. In most cases the bills are outlandish and only the very wealthy could afford to avail themselves of desired services.
Global competition makes medical procedures and pharmaceutical interventions available for a wider range of people. The lower price tags on medications and the cheaper surgeries offered by doctors in foreign countries has encouraged patients to seek medical attention abroad rather than in the United States. Because physicians in foreign countries are frequently well-trained, even trained in the United States, patients are becoming more open to medical tourism. Global competition has yet to affect American healthcare policy, which favors the interests of insurance companies and private institutions more than the interests of the average American citizen. In the future as more and more American money is spent abroad in the search for affordable, desired medical care then U.S. healthcare policies may change. The United States might need to become more competitive on the global healthcare market by limiting the power insurance companies have over healthcare costs and coverage. Health care policy in the United States has yet to keep up with the burgeoning global market but before long, health care institutions and insurance companies will start to feel the financial sting of medical tourism. Competitive pricing would be the most ideal way of addressing the issue in policy but it is also likely that public policy will become more protectionist. For example, policies preventing patients from seeking treatment abroad via collaborations with foreign health care institutions could limit the range of services available for Americans traveling abroad.
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