Medical travel or health travel or medical tourism is the process of traveling abroad to obtain general medical, dental or cosmetic surgery abroad. Why is medical travel very popular these days? Medical care is among the most expensive expenses in the U.S. that makes people who have health problems very difficult. However, it turns out that the costs of health care abroad are often significantly lower than those found in the U.S. health care system. That is why many people decide to go abroad for a wide variety of medical treatment. The most popular countries for this medical travel are Mexico and Costa Rica, because those countries have standard of medical care much lower than the U.S. health care system, with a level of caring and service that many say are unmatched.