> Medical tourism, though very fine for a lot of folks who want a cheaper alternative, is driving up the cost of medical treatments in India by leaps and bounds

> Medical tourism, though very fine for a lot of folks who want a cheaper alternative, is driving up the cost of medical treatments in India by leaps and bounds. Any evidence to back this up? Your links and statistics are about how this specific cost is still out of reach of a lot of people. I don't think anyone is debating that. > This makes surgeries, that were already very expensive and out of the reach of most Indian's even more expensive and out of the reach of even more people. The article shows how the cost of surgery has dropped over time, and their goal being to drop it further.