It's a growing phenomenon called "medical tourism." In 2014, it is estimated that more than a million Americans left the country to seek care abroad. One of those million is documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who traveled to Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, for the latest episode of his CNN series, "Morgan Spurlock Inside Man."
Why fly halfway around the world for care? Through his experience and in conversations with other travelers, Spurlock discovered that, for some patients and some procedures, there are real advantages to medical tourism. Here are five of the biggest: