New research from the National Business Group on Health says big employers aren't all that excited or optimistic about medical tourism. There are too many "ifs" and the employers surveyed are just too savvy to be buffeted by the hype is how Helen Darling (pictured at right above), president of the NBGH, describes it. Listen in as she talks about how worker psychology is one of the reasons why her members are skeptical about just how much cost can be cut by sending workers around the globe for invasive surgery.
And while it is difficult to argue with actual experience, it is also hard to reconcile continued complaints from employers that health costs are just too high with a reluctance to turn over every rock -- even those in Thailand -- for savings.
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