They likely do it to save money on their particular surgery.

By save you mean because they can't afford their particular surgery. You should not have to choose between a lifetime of debt and treatment.

just that people with enough money to travel to India but who don't have great health coverage in the US choose to take a measured risk to save money.

That right there is the fundamental problem. Why is it that this would even be considered a viable option? Though not all go to India, leaving the US for healthcare is not uncommon. Also, do you know how many can't afford treatment or a flight?

It's no coincidence that the life expectancy of an American is almost ten years longer than an Indian.

It's also not exactly correlation. Many factors go into the life expectancy of a country. For example, the US stands out as an outlier: it spends far more on health than any other country, yet the life expectancy of the American population is not longer, but actually shorter than in other countries that spend far less such as Canada, Japan, and France. >They likely do it to save money on their particular surgery.

By save you mean because they can't afford their particular surgery. You should not have to choose between a lifetime of debt and treatment.

just that people with enough money to travel to India but who don't have great health coverage in the US choose to take a measured risk to save money.

That right there is the fundamental problem. Why is it that this would even be considered a viable option? Though not all go to India, leaving the US for healthcare is not uncommon. Also, do you know how many can't afford treatment or a flight?

It's no coincidence that the life expectancy of an American is almost ten years longer than an Indian.

It's also not exactly correlation. Many factors go into the life expectancy of a country. For example, the US stands out as an outlier: it spends far more on health than any other country, yet the life expectancy of the American population is not longer, but actually shorter than in other countries that spend far less such as Canada, Japan, and France. The fact that Indian healthcare is more accessible to some Americans speaks volumes about American healthcare.