For years, medical tourists have been going to other countries to get better deals on expensive procedures. But sometimes, cheap medical work can come with a high price -- as the recent case of a Florida woman's dental implants gone wrong illustrates.
Scientists say NDM-1, a new superbug from India that makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics, could spread around the world, aided in part by medical tourism. Meanwhile, MRSA infections, which are antibiotic resistant, have fallen in the U.S.
From marrying for health insurance to trekking to India for major surgery, there's no shortage of stories about the lengths Americans go to, thanks to the country's patchwork health care system.
