My prediction: someone will make a lot of money setting up hospital ships that operate offshore of the US, just outside the 12 mile limit. It will be just like the cruise ships that only turn on the gambling machines an hour out of port. It will be complicated to set up and balance practice standards against liability concerns, but someone will do it. Why travel thousands of miles for medical tourism?
We won’t have to. Just as is the case in the UK, we will have two healthcare systems—one for the general public and another one for the wealthy who can afford it. And you can guess which one will be better in terms of quality.