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  • From: <marcia AT nc.rr.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] travel health insurance
  • Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:16:14 -0400

Also, if she currently has health insurance, she may want to check if any
emergency care while abroad would be covered as "out of network". In that
case, all she needs to do is keep the receipts and make note of the currency
exchange rate for that day. Then when she's back, simply file her expenses
with her health insurance company for reimbursement.

That's what I do....





---- Jim Ray <jim AT neuse.net> wrote:
> Awesome! Thanks for the tip. I had never heard of such a thing. At least
> now, I have a start...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of
> Childers.Paula AT epamail.epa.gov
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:48 AM
> To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] travel health insurance
>
> Hey Jim;
>
> AIG TravelGuard offers several different kinds of travel insurance
> policies, with various medical coverage included. Easy to get online,
> but coverage is based on age, duration of the trip, and destination,
> which might make it prohibitively expensive for her. I think it's more
> oriented toward emergency care, too - not so much on continuing routine
> care, if that's what she's looking for. A friend who travels often for
> months at a time I believe uses MedEx Assist, which might be more what
> she's looking for.
>
> Good luck, I hope she has a great time and never needs the insurance she
> gets :-)
> Paula
>
>
>
> internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote on 03/16/2010 06:27:39
> PM:
>
> > From:
> > "Jim Ray" <jim AT neuse.net>
> >
> > Speaking of health insurance, I’ve got a neighbor that I call my
> > adopted mother. She is 72 and lives alone. She was shut in for a
> > while, and I helped her get to the doctor and get groceries. Now,
> > she is taking care of me J
> >
> > Actually, she is travelling and needs international travel health
> > insurance just for a month. I have no idea who to choose and thought
> > I’d throw it out here in case any of you are able to point us in the
> > right direction.
> >
> > She speaks Chinese and Vietnamese yet not too much English and is
> > coming over to my house tomorrow at 4 PM to source a policy for her
> > trip to Taiwan and Vietnom in a few months.
> >
> > Helpful hints appreciated.
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