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Health Insurance
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Major Health Insurer to Cover Medical Procedures Abroad
By: Drucilla Dyess
Published: Saturday, 15 November 2008
by HealthNews
A major health insurer, WellPoint, Inc., will kick off a pilot program in January of 2009 that will offer “medical tourism” as a part of its benefits packages. The program will allow patients to travel to India for certain surgical procedures and reimburse them for getting medical care overseas. |
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Health Insurance
The United States Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs urges on its website to contact your insurance companies on any trip to verify whether or not it will cover emergency expenses when you are outside the country. This website also says that Medicare does not cover medical expenses abroad. |
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Travel & Emergency Insurance
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Travel Insurance
People who travel are often affected by weather but the medical traveler may be in a position to be more affected by emergency situations that may delay or cancel their trip. If you are planning a trip and must pay non-refundable amounts then you might like to consider travel insurance. |
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Travel & Emergency Insurance
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Emergency Insurance
Nobody wants to have an emergency while they are traveling but if you have an emergency and need to be airlifted to a hospital or repatriation to your home country then an emergency insurance policy would keep you from digging out your savings to pay for all the charges incurred.
Emergency insurance may often be an add-on to travel insurance policies or may be a stand alone policy.
Emergency insurance policies are frequently written for an extended period of time (like a year), and cover all trips made within that year. |
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Healthcare Plans
Healthcare discount plans may are not insurance, but rather like a "club plan".
Typically:
* Discount Company negotiates a contract with a number of healthcare providers including physicians, hospitals, dentists, etc.
* This contract provides for a specific discount in their price for service for people who join this companies group.
* Discount Company offers individuals, families, and/or groups the opportunity to join his group to acquire this discount.
Discount plans are common in the dental care field. |
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Health Savings Accounts
By: NARESH DOGRA
Medical tourism first began to get popular in the 1990's, when people began traveling in large numbers to Brazil for cosmetic surgery. But as costs have continued to rise, thousands of Americans have been traveling overseas for real medical conditions, such as knee replacements, by-pass operations, heart valve replacements, and other serious issues. Many countries are seeing medical tourism as a good way to bring in foreign money. |
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