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Why retirees are flocking to Mexico (VIDEO REPORT)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjAet-Af190

 

Transcript

GWEN IFILL: Finally tonight, Americans have long crossed the border with Mexico in search of cheaper medical procedures, dental work and prescription drugs. Now a new trend is afoot: finding a place to live out retirement years.

Special correspondent Kathleen McCleery has the story, part of our occasional series about long-term care.

KATHLEEN MCCLEERY: David Truly, known as the Barefoot Professor, plays in a local band near Lake Chapala in Central Mexico. He wrote his Ph.D. dissertation on the migration of retirees . . .

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