Businesses may move health care overseas
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061102/ap_on_he_me/outsourcing_health"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061031/capt.xms10210311427.india_us_outsourcing_health_xms102.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=w8oCKOAYlKQPVly3qKylmg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Indian doctor Praveen Chandra checks on an Americam patient Greg Goodell from Iowa after a his successful heart operation at a hospital in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006.With an estimated 45 million uninsured or underinsured Americans, some 500,000 trekked overseas last year for medical treatment, according to the National Coalition on Health Care. Asian hospitals have long been swarmed by medical tourists looking for tummy tucks and face lifts, but now many of the marble, resort-style facilities are gaining reputations for big-ticket procedures including heart surgery, knee and back operations. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)" border="0" /></a>AP - Businesses and insurance companies are starting to eye the potential savings of outsourcing health care from the world's richest country to the developing world.</p><br clear="all"/>