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On the recordJune 27, 2006
Medical tourism--or the practice of traveling to other countries to receive discounted medical procedures--is taking off in the United States, raising a number of questions for this panel.
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Herb Kohl
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Senator Kohl discusses the rise of medical tourism and its implications.

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