Large companies try domestic medical tourism
Monday, January 9, 2012
The effort comes after patients resisted being sent to other countries for care.
During the past year, Lowe's Companies paid for 38 employees or their dependents, including three children, to travel to Cleveland Clinic for heart surgery that was fully covered by health insurance with no co-pays or deductibles. PepsiCo announced on Dec. 8, 2011, that a similar arrangement will be available for their employees to travel to Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore for care.
