Detailed analysis by the authers includes Medical Tourism pilot programs and their details. It mentiones state legislation including the West Virginia bill that encouraged covered employees to seek medical care in foreign JCI accredited instituations and to waive copayments and deductables and which died in committee. IT also mentions the Colorado bill that was postponed.
The article projects almost 1.6 Million US outbound medical travelers by the year 2012. Key point here is that the article includes the more than half of the US workforce which will be of second of third generation foreign decent in the next 25 years which would likely seek medical procedures abroad if given the option by their provider.
http://www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-UnitedStates/Local%20assets/documents/us_chs_medicaltourism_111209_web.pdf
