Medical Tourism And Global Healthcare - Where Are You Going? By: Katt Mollar | May 27th 2009 - Medical tourism is booming and has now become a $40 billion dollar industry. There is definitely a lot of demand in developed countries that developing countries willingly supply. But despite the boom the industry remains controversial in several respects especially in the areas of assisted reproduction and organ transplantation. This article discusses what needs to occur before the industry is worthy of the term "global healthcare". Tags:medical tourism, commercial surrogacy, global health care, Serigraph, health care costs, India medical tourism, Thailand medical tourism