Mom12,
You are correct that people come to America for medical care. One reason is that since it is a large country, there is more likely to be a specialist who is expert in a particular rare diseas. But people also go to other countries. The late Sen. Spark Matasunaga went to Canada for cancer treatment even though he could have received free care anywhere in the US. More recently, Americans have been going to Mexico for medical care. One recent study found that a third of residents of El Paso, TX went to Cuidad Juarez, Mexico, directly across the Rio Grande, for medical care but only 5% of Juarez residents went to El Paso! A major reason for the discrepancy was that only 59.6 percent of El Paso residents were insured but that 82.8 percent of Ciudad Juarez residents were insured.
Americans having to go to Mexico for health care because of lack of insurance! We should be embarassed!!!