The Volokh Conspiracy - Britons Flee National Health System:

The Daily Mail reports:

Record numbers of Britons are travelling abroad for medical treatment to escape the NHS - with 70,000 patients expected to fly out this year.

And by the end of the decade 200,000 "health tourists" will fly as far as Malaysa and South Africa for major surgery to avoid long waiting lists and the rising threat of superbugs, according to a new report.

The first survey of Britons opting for treatment overseas shows that fears of hospital infections and frustration of often waiting months for operations are fuelling the increasing trend.

UPDATE: For those interested in some of the legal and policy questions related to "medical tourism," particularly by Americans, see this paper by Professor Nathan Cortez.

	[Jonathan Adler, October 29, 2007 at 12:39pm] Trackbacks Britons Flee National Health System: The Daily Mail reports: Record numbers of Britons are travelling abroad for medical treatment to escape the NHS - with 70,000 patients expected to fly out this year. And by the end of the decade 200,000 "health tourists" will fly as far as Malaysa and South Africa for major surgery to avoid long waiting lists and the rising threat of superbugs, according to a new report. The first survey of Britons opting for treatment overseas shows that fears of hospital infections and frustration of often waiting months for operations are fuelling the increasing trend. UPDATE: For those interested in some of the legal and policy questions related to "medical tourism," particularly by Americans, see this paper by Professor Nathan Cortez.