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Business Update
Union denounces off shoring of health care services
October 9th, 2006
The United Steelworkers denounced a new approach that employers are considering to limit health care expenses - sending employees to India or other lower-cost countries for expensive medical procedures. Dubbed "medical tourism" by the media, the idea of outsourcing medical care to lower-cost countries is finding its way into corporate agendas as a way to cut health care costs. "Our members, along with thousands of unrepresented workers, are now being confronted with proposals to literally export themselves to have certain 'expensive' medical procedures provided in India," USW President Leo W. Gerard said in a letter sent to Senate and House...
Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2006-10-09)
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