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When Hillarycare was being bandied about circa 1993, one of the popular alternatives being considered was private pay hospital ships. Take a medical-related cruise out into international waters. Look for that to happen if Obamacare is fully implemented.

Heh, reminds me of the 1959/60 TV shoe, "Mr. Lucky," where a gambler ran a casino on a ship where he took his patrons out into international waters to escape the gambling laws.

I thought the same thing except there could be medical tourism and/or a medical underground airline/cruiseline where people will go to places, perhaps even to live and retire, like Costa Rica, Phillipines, Grenada, Dominican Republic, you name it to escape Bammycare to get good care.

67 posted on 01/07/2012 9:15:07 PM PST by Nowhere Man ("People should not fear their government, their government should fear the people." - V for Vendetta)

...there could be medical tourism and/or a medical underground airline/cruiseline where people will go to places, perhaps even to live and retire, like Costa Rica, Phillipines, Grenada, Dominican Republic, you name it

I've heard that there is a building boom around the San Jose (Costa Rica) airport -- hotels and condos are going up around a huge medical complex.

All designed to serve the wealthy American, Canadian and Brit...