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Thailand’s Bumrungrad International Hospital is one of a growing number of institutions making a name for themselves among ”medical tourists” by offering patients from Boston to Bahrain a combination of lower-cost state-of-the-art medical care along with service worthy of a five-star hotel. But what will it take for such hospitals to gain acceptance among national policy makers major insurers and employers? Mack Banner CEO of Bumrungrad and Kenneth Mays the hospital’s director of marketing recently met with Ravi Aron a senior fellow at Wharton to discuss the future of offshore health care. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.