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Re: Medical Evacuation
[Re: mdoyle9999]
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11/29/2016 12:54 PM
11/29/2016 12:54 PM
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Carol_Hill
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Please consider looking at TTOL sponsor SkyMed. They sell medical evac coverage, back to your home. Most other policies provide coverage to the 'nearest medically appropriate facility', which could be San Juan, or Miami, or elsewhere that is not convenient to your family. Sky Med sells weekly and yearly policies, for frequent travelers. Not cheap, but good coverage, but they JUST do medical evac, not general travel insurance, for trip cancellation, interruption, baggage protection, etc.
For coverage for just a particular trip, or general travel insurance, with medical evac one of the coverages, you can go to TTOL sponsor "Insure My Trip" and compare coverages across many different policies.
For either company, if you use the link here on the sponsors page, it doesn't cost YOU any more, but TTOL gets a small commission.
Carol Hill
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Re: Medical Evacuation
[Re: sail2wind]
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11/29/2016 01:28 PM
11/29/2016 01:28 PM
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Carol_Hill
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When we were younger, we NEVER bought any kind of travel insurance. These days we never DON'T have at least medical evac. It can easily cost $50,000 for an evac and my regular insurance would not cover it outside the US, except as out of network, which means they would pay maybe half.
Carol Hill
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Re: Medical Evacuation
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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11/29/2016 02:39 PM
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Fletch
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Carol_Hill said: Sky Med sells weekly and yearly policies, for frequent travelers. Not cheap, but good coverage, but they JUST do medical evac, not general travel insurance, for trip cancellation, interruption, baggage protection,. I have a slightly different take than Carol_Hill on the cost of Medical Evacuation Insurance. To me it's a bargain, especially if you travel a great deal or spend a lot of time out of the country (say a US Couple wintering in the Caribbean or summering at a remote lake in northern Canada). Depending on where you are and where you want to go 1 Medical Evacuation can cost anywhere from $20,000 to $50,000. Most Family policies can be purchased for around $450/year so even if you pay premiums for 20 years and made only 1 claim at the end of that period you still be way ahead of the game.
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Re: Medical Evacuation
[Re: mdoyle9999]
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11/29/2016 02:53 PM
11/29/2016 02:53 PM
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tpcook
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I have evacuation insurance from Emergency Assistance Plus. Costs $149/year for a couple. Don't know how good it is, since I have never used it. Will provide travel from BVI They will require a doctor to sign off on the travel and to where. BVI usually sends patients to Miami.
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Re: Medical Evacuation
[Re: tpcook]
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11/29/2016 05:06 PM
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tpcook said: I have evacuation insurance from Emergency Assistance Plus. Costs $149/year for a couple. Don't know how good it is, since I have never used it. Will provide travel from BVI They will require a doctor to sign off on the travel and to where. BVI usually sends patients to Miami. Depending on the level of membership you have with AMEX? AMEX will send a doctor directly to you with one telephone call. That doctor working with the medical staff at AMEX will determine the care you need and the best way to get you there. We never buy any airline travel with anything other than AMEX. When you are a loved on is sick in a strange place to you. The ability to just dial the number on the back of The Card and get a local doctor screened by AMEX can be invaluable. Like the previous poster. AMEX do not leave home without it. Always use the AMEX first and foremost. Doubt any vendor of services who does not want the AMEX Membership Cards.
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