More than half of Australians (57%) would travel overseas for healthcare services, according to a new Insure&Go survey, with cost savings as the main motivation for medical tourism despite government and insurance coverage warnings.
Amid rising healthcare costs at home, Aussies would consider medical tourism for procedures with dental work (65%) and cancer treatments (42%) topping their wish lists.
Cosmetic and plastic surgeries were the third most common procedures among respondents with 33 per cent saying they would travel for breast augmentation, rhinoplasty, facelift or similar treatments.Â
According to the Australian Government’s Smartraveller website, other common procedures that Aussies travel abroad for…
