Evacuation insurance for severe medical problem

[Falbala60]

Originally Posted by JPA Cate

Falbala60,

You may find that you have reciprocal health care with the francophone islands of the Caribbean, you might want to check that out.

If you are gone from Canada long enough, you will have to re-establish residency there before you can use the health care system. You might want to find out exactly what that entails.

Ann

Yes we are from Montreal, but we have in Puerto Aventuras FRENCH friends and they FEAR to be directed to French Islands rather than in their home town.

This is not the case with Canada that does not have "land in the south"... hopefully Canada did not annex Turks & Caicos... YES this was a serious projects some years ago ! probably to have his own fiscal paradise.

[Cheechako]

There used to be traveler's evac insurance available quite reasonable. Covering much of the world. Maybe google that.

[Maka]

Thanks for the info.
I will explore DAN

[BlueBuddha]

Also check Global Rescue. They are very high end but their reputation is stellar. Although they provide services to National Geographic expeditions and many high end corporate clients, their consumer products are reasonably priced given what you get.

[Paul L]

Originally Posted by taxwizz

Check out MedJetAssist.
If a physician says you should fly home....They fly you home.
Pre-existing conditions are OK as long as you were originally cleared to travel.

The terms of their policy require hospitalization, not just a doctor's word, even if no hospital is available.

. Subject to limitations on services described herein, when a MedjetAssist Member becomes
hospitalized as an inpatient due to illness or injury while traveling 150 miles or more from
his or her Residence Address as defined herein, MedjetAssist will arrange for medical
transportation and repatriation services to the hospital of the Member’s choice in the
Member’s Home Country.

[taxwizz]

Whoops...I gotta read the fine print.

"The Large Print giveth...
And the Small Print taketh away."

[Paul L]

Originally Posted by taxwizz

Whoops...I gotta read the fine print.

"The Large Print giveth...
And the Small Print taketh away."

You really need to read the entire contract on all these evacuation or international insurance policies. Many just don't cover the most likely needs of a cruiser.
That said, the DAN policy is pretty good and they tend to interpret it in the customers favor.

[mikereed100]

Given the costs of health care in the USA I have been researching evacuation insurance to get me back to Mexico if I need hospitalization. Haven't found anything as yet.

[Cheechako]

Originally Posted by mikereed100

Given the costs of health care in the USA I have been researching evacuation insurance to get me back to Mexico if I need hospitalization. Haven't found anything as yet.

Good point. If we are in the US, can we be evacuated to somewhere else?

[hellosailor]

In my limited understanding of what I have seen, most of these policies will evacuate you to the closest medical facility where you can receive appropriate immediate care.
Repatriation, bringing you back to your home city in the US, is secondary and separate from the initial medevac.
You'd have to check individual policies and specify that you want repatriation, not just immediate and appropriate care.
Insurers cleverly are reluctant to allow anyone to READ a policy BEFORE they buy it, instead they like to say buy it and you have 30 days in which to cancel and file for a refund. Yeah, right.