Medical Tourism & Cross-Border Care Watch

Track medical travel and cross-border care for US patients, written for patients. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: published pricing, outcome and safety data for dental, bariatric, orthopedic, cosmetic, cardiac, fertility and pharmacy care in Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Turkey, Thailand, India, Canada and other destinations; FDA personal importation rule changes and state Canadian drug importation program status; CDC Health Alert Network and State Department safety notices affecting medical travelers including infection outbreaks and regional warnings; Joint Commission International and other accreditation changes at foreign hospitals; US insurer and employer cross-border and travel surgery plan changes; US hospital policies on treating complications from care abroad; CBP and FDA medication declaration and quantity rules; FTC, state and foreign enforcement against clinics and brokers; and medical travel insurance changes. Prefer the CDC, State Department, FDA, CBP, state health departments, accreditation bodies, insurer pages and established health reporting; ignore clinic and broker marketing, and never give individual medical advice. Put the country, procedure or rule first in the title. Use high severity for a CDC or State Department alert tied to clinics, an importation rule change, or an enforcement action against a widely used clinic or broker. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, the risks, what to do, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.