Jan
Medical Evacuation Insurance
There are a lot of medical insurance for travelers available on the market to date but unbeknownst to many these policies rarely cover the expense of medical evacuation, especially Medicare. There was a recent event with a sportsman who ended up spending more than $100,000.00 to cover medical treatment and evacuation which he surmised was covered by his current travel insurance. He was on a sporting event when he happened to hurt himself quite seriously resulting in emergency medical evacuation which he happened to get only after shelling out a ton of money.
He informed people about his travel insurance but was told that the said facilities were not covered. Be sure to get additional coverage when you are traveling for there are just too many events that can ruin one�s day. Products like the one offered by Travel Insurance Services have a wide scope such as inclusion of accidental death and remains repatriation services. Emergency communication, multi-language support for medical evacuation, emergency treatment and coordination with all necessary personnel along all steps of the process of the evacuation and transportation process eliminating the many questions and hidden costs. Check with your travel insurance for details regarding similar offers from other companies.