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America’s Health Care System Is So Screwed That Patients Are Flying to China for Cancer Treatment

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America’s Health Care System Is So Screwed That Patients Are Flying to China for Cancer Treatment
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The myriad horrors of the US healthcare system have spawned generations of medical tourism from the wealthiest country on Earth to the periphery: Cuba, Mexico, Costa Rica, Canada, Turkey, and Thailand, to name just a few.



Now, Shanghai is quickly rising as one of the top destinations for cancer patients, as China’s biotech sector has spun an experimental treatment developed in the US into a standalone industry.



New reporting by the Wall Street Journal took a look at this fast-growth

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