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Originally Posted by davidmash
Why is my dad paying extra out of his own pocket to fly to Germany and get treatment there?
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this happens a lot, in general it is because the procedure, drug or device is not approved in the US, if it involves a drug at has to go through the very long process of clinical trials and similarly if it involves a new device or a procedure that is not substancially equivalent to an already approved device or procedure.
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