As you may have seen in the news, medical tourism, or the action of going abroad for medical treatment, has grown in popularity in recent years. Wikipedia defines medical tourism, also called health tourism, medical travel, or medical vacation, as the travel of people to another country for the primary purpose of obtaining medical treatment in that country. Domestic medical tourism is where people travel to another region, city, state, or province in their country to receive medical care. In this first installment of Medko’s “Medical Tourism for Dummies” series, we will give you a general description of medical tourism, why people do it, and next steps you should take if you are a prospective medical tourist. Medko Site: http://bit.ly/1qVWi9Y Medko Blog: http://bit.ly/1pwe94p