Why It Matters
Hosted by Gabrielle Sierra · Council on Foreign Relations
4.3from 966 ratings
- 124
- Episodes
- 17
- Transcribed
- 966
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Why It Matters
Each episode of Why It Matters breaks down an issue that is shaping our world’s future. Join host Gabrielle Sierra as she speaks with the leaders and thinkers who are facing these questions head on. Fueled by the minds at the Council on Foreign Relations, Why It Matters brings some of the world’s most compelling stories home to you.
- Publisher
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Oct 2019
- Latest episode
- 29 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
17 of 124 episodes have a transcript.
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Published 29 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And that's true, not just in terms of the numbers, but also in terms of the geography. Medical tourism is difficult to quantify, largely because so many countries are involved and procedures are hard to track. But here's a few numbers. In 2007, a widely cited estimate from Deloitte noted that about 750,000 Americans a year traveled abroad for medical care. Although I do have to add that other researchers do think that guess was far too high. That said, according to the American Association for Physician Leadership, that number has grown to around 1.4 million today. And globally, the Medical Tourism Association cites that approximately 14 million people travel across borders each year to receive medical treatment. […]
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- Glenn Cohen
- Valorie Crooks
- Rush Doshi
- Olivia Kosloff
- Prashant Yadav
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.2 / 5
- 867 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 99 ratings
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- 56
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 90
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