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29 Oct 2007 07:56 am
Fleeing Universal Coverage
Tony Blair poured millions into Britain's socialized healthcare system, pumping unprecedented resources into a healthcare system that Michael Moore admires and the American left loves. This is the result:
More than 70,000 Britons will have treatment abroad this year – a figure that is forecast to rise to almost 200,000 by the end of the decade. Patients needing major heart surgery, hip operations and cataracts are using the internet to book operations to be carried out thousands of miles away.
India is the most popular destination for surgery, followed by Hungary, Turkey, Germany, Malaysia, Poland and Spain. But dozens more countries are attracting custom. Research by the Treatment Abroad website shows that Britons have travelled to 112 foreign hospitals, based in 48 countries, to find safe, affordable treatment.
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