Launch the wait-time guarantee

Year 1 (registry), Year 2 (enforceable guarantee) · UHA Office of Patient Advocacy; regional officesDiscuss this step

Medical travel abroad and across borders

amendedYear 4Patients

Today

Some uninsured or underinsured Americans travel to Mexico, Canada, or elsewhere for cheaper care and drugs.

Under the plan

Demand falls; UHP pays for care abroad only for emergencies or when the wait-time guarantee is missed and a foreign provider is approved.

Trade-off

Less need to travel; border-region clinics lose U.S. patients.