NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David G. Vequist, who runs the Center of Medical Tourism Research at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, about medical tourism in Mexico.
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Four US citizens kidnapped in Mexico identified as mother and friends traveling for medical procedureThe four U.S. citizens kidnapped in Mexico last week were revealed to be a South Carolina mother of six and her three friends, according to the woman's mother, and they were traveling south of the border so that the woman could undergo a medical procedure.
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Medical tourism to Mexico is on the rise, but it can come with risks | CNNOne of the four Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico last week was traveling for medical tourism, a friend said. A growing number of US residents are traveling internationally to seek more affordable medical care, more timely care or access to certain treatments or procedures that are unapproved or unavailable in the United States.
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Medical tourism drew kidnapped Americans to Mexico, along with millions of othersIn 2023 alone, the head of the Center for Medical Tourism Research expects U.S. travelers to spend more than $264 million on health care in Mexico.
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