Americans Cross Border into Mexico to Buy Insulin at a Fraction of U.S. Cost

February 14, 2019

(Kaiser Health News) – Fenner is not the only one thinking like this. The U.S. government estimates that close to 1 million people in California alone cross to Mexico annually for health care, including to buy prescription drugs. And between 150,000 and 320,000 Americans list health care as a reason for traveling abroad each year. Cost savings is the most commonly cited reason.