Grass is greener?

Opinion is divided as to how popular health tourism is. Health tourism does not include emergency treatment abroad, but is when individuals actively opt and arrange to go abroad to have their hip replaced or their heart bypass operation. It still exists, for the rich who want a better view from their hospital bed, or the not so rich, who do not have private medical insurance (PMI) and do not want to wait in an NHS queue. At one time, health tourism was all about an escape from NHS waiting lists. There is still an element of that today - or why else would one travel further away from hom...