In “Under the Knife Abroad,” Adam Yamaguchi travels to India, Mexico and Barbados to investigate one industry flourishing in these tough economic times: medical tourism. Americans are increasingly being forced to seek medical care overseas, often life or death procedures, because they can’t afford it here at home. Is healthcare America’s next industry to be outsourced to foreign lands?
‘Under the Knife Abroad’
Stuck in America’s health care system: ‘It feels like I’m being violated’
In this scene from “Under the Knife Abroad,” “Vanguard” correspondent Adam Yamaguchi talks with Lisa Long, a former surgical technician whose near-fatal car accident has put her more than a million dollars in medical debt. watch video
Outsourcing surgery to India
In this scene from “Under the Knife Abroad,” “Vanguard” correspondent Adam Yamaguchi travels to a hospital in Chennai, India, where he will meet up with Kenny, from Texas, who has decided that a more affordable hip surgery there is worth [...] watch video
Under the Knife Abroad: ‘Vanguard’ Trailer
In “Under the Knife Abroad,” “Vanguard” correspondent Adam Yamaguchi travels to India, Mexico and Barbados to investigate one industry flourishing in these tough economic times: medical tourism. watch video
Under the Knife Abroad
In “Under the Knife Abroad,” Adam Yamaguchi travels to India, Mexico and Barbados to investigate one industry flourishing in these tough economic times: medical tourism. watch video
