In fact, the economist Dean Baker has been arguing for just that as a free-market reform that would actually bring health care costs down. And the converse, too

In fact, the economist Dean Baker has been arguing for just that as a free-market reform that would actually bring health care costs down. And the converse, too: that Medicare/Medicaid patients should be allowed to get cheaper health care abroad. http://www.cepr.net/index.php/op-eds-&-columns/op-eds-&-columns/the-health-care-industry-protectionism-the-free-traders-love http://www.cepr.net/index.php/op-eds-&-columns/op-eds-&#... http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/21/free-trade-medicare-benefits-washington http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/21/free-tra...