Why Americans seeking affordable doctor visits and medicines abroad may misjudge healthcare quality

Traveling to Mexico for routine healthcare can be convenient and affordable – but the cues patients rely on to judge quality of care may differ in important ways.

By: Kelli Frias, American University and Deidre Popovich, Texas Tech University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: July 22, 2026

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Last Updated: 4 weeks ago

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By Kelli Frias, American University and Deidre Popovich, Texas Tech University

As healthcare costs continue to rise, more Americans are looking beyond their regular doctor’s office for care.

Some travel to Mexico for prescriptions, routine visits or diagnostic tests. Others turn to telehealth companies that promise convenient access to treatments such as weight loss medications. Increasingly, insured Americans are navigating more than one healthcare market at once. For example, they may buy some prescriptions from …

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