WellPoint begins paying for medical tourism

There's already a surrogate womb system, currently unfunded. Imagine companies replacing maternity leave by sponsoring a surrogate childbearer. SWEEEET

This appears to be somewhat old news. IndUShealth has been successfully sending corporate patients to India for quite some time now.

More and more employers are investigating Medical Tourism as a way to shave significant money off their expenses for health benefits, but we're increasingly asked about quality of care...The main thing an employer/benefits manager MUST do is careful research on companies that provide them with facilitation services. A reputable facilitator, Worldmedassist.com will assess the doctors and hospitals allowed into their network with extreme care, looking for those with US-like accreditation, board-certified doctors, state-of-the-art facilities, intense focus on patient care and satisfaction levels...and so forth. Visit WorldMed Assist to learn more about this: www.worldmedassist.com/employers/medical-tourism-for-employers.htm. The potential to expand employee options while employers save money doesn't come along very often during a downturn like this.

Certainly correct, world is fast becoming a global village, with networking power to reach millions and educated world community, health is no exception. I am sure reducing air fares and shortening of traveling times due to faster planes is an other factor which will create Global Village. Medical tourism is a fact of good networking to gain access to healthcare providers around the world.
More and more health insurance are looking in to provide this as part of package so that payers can get some cost effective options to reduce negative spending on health.
Medical Tourism providers like Wellness Visti, www.wellnessvisit.com , are offering great help in this regard.