Don’t go to India for med care: Obama to Americans

Washington: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he would not like Americans to travel to countries like India and Mexico for cheap medical treatment. “My preference would be that you don’t have to travel to Mexico or India to get cheap health care,” he said. “I’d like you to be able to get it right here in the United States of America...that’s high quality.” Obama was speaking at a community college in Virginia, and drew applause on several occasions. Obama was responding to a question from the audience on increas-ing health care cost in the US. “Before we went on the path of you can go somewhere else to get your health care, let’s work to see if we can reduce the costs of health care here in the United States of America. That’s going to make a big difference,” he said. “And Medicare is a good place to start because Medicare is such a big purchaser that if we can start changing how the health care system works inside of Medicare, then the entire system changes. All the doctors, all the hospitals, they will all adapt to these best practices.”