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I don't mean to start a flame war, but the most positive things I've heard are from Indian colleagues/friends who are used to paying cash for very affordable service back in India.

No insurance or national coverage, just low overhead and high skill.

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Those colleagues were very wealthy by Indian standards to begin with and have only increased their purchasing power by being abroad. India does in fact have free care at government facilities and they are certainly not "low overhead and high skill". I'd pick rural American healthcare over rural Indian healthcare 10 times out of 10.

From the sound of this article, you'll only be able to pick it 7 times out of 10, unfortunately.

How much does it cost to do chemo in India? Dialysis? Kidney transplant? get an MRI for a head injury?

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