TL and Medical Tourism

[Dr. Beckenstein]

TL in the setting vary from planet to planet, f.e., Lunion (SM 2124) is at TL 10, neighboring Derchon (SM 2024) is at TL 7.

That means that people on Derchon can suffer from crippling or life-threatening illnesses or injuries that on Lunion simply do not exist or a rather minor nuisance.

Interstellar travel is fast and cheap, so "medical tourism" will be a reason why people from Derchon will visit Lunion. Probably, there will be hotels, clinics or doctors on Lunion who have specialized in treating patients like this.

This upon up some possibilities.

To the government of Derchon, it could be tempting to save money on expensive hospitals. Simply put the sick in low berth and store them, until you have enough to fill empty space on the next free trader.
The problem - in the next frontier war, when interstellar travel is cut short, you will have a lot of sick people who cannot leave the planet.

To an employer on Derchon, it could be an option to pay the trip of a needed specialist to Lunion so that he is back in three weeks instead of to debit his health care months or years.

To the doctors on Lunion, it would give them a steady stream of patients.

To free traders and space lanes, it would mean a steady stream of passengers.

So, what else would come out of this?