The GEOS service that I shared is now $199.95 per year per person. This insurance brings you within 99 miles of your home OR your choosing. This would allow us to have the person flown to MAYO Rochester.
GEOS will provide medical evacuation and repatriation to a hospital nearest your home or
hospital of your choosing that is capable of providing the treatment you require, as determined
both by the physicians providing your current treatment and by GEOS. Medical evacuation and
repatriation will take place in a medically equipped and staffed aircraft, ambulance, or other
mode of transportation. The amount covered is specified in the scale of benefits as detailed in
the Benefits Sections "A" through "D" below.
I saw the aircraft with isolation pods that Medjet offers but they will not repatriate you from an international location if you are diagnosed with COVID-19. And I have not read the Geos policy, does that also have these international restrictions? And how about local medical and government restrictions on release for repatriation for someone with COVID-19? And that of the receiving medical facility and government?
Not being critical and don’t mean to drag this topic out here, just want to understand the options available from folks who can share the details. I know I need to read the policy and I will, but thanks for any clarity you can add on these questions...
"We have been able to source a suitable amount of aircraft with isolation pods, and crews with proper training, and can now provide our members with hospital-to-hospital medical transport at the level of service they have come to expect"
"The receiving hospital selected by the hospitalized Medjet Member must agree to accept the patient."
These are quotes from the MedJets website. To me this means they will repatriate members. They do specifically call out that international locations outside 48 Contiguous United States, Canada, Caribbean, Costa Rica, or Mexico are NOT covered. Am I missing something that excludes the BVI? If so, I need to consider changing carriers.
