I'd like to hear from those of you who buy Travel/International Health Insurance for your trips to DR. We've never done it, but we're wondering what plans are out there and how much they cost.
We're both on Medicare and have AARP supplementals - the AARP will cover any emergency care anywhere in the world for the first 90 days [you pay, they reimburse later, supposedly], but we've never used it. The few times my husband needed medical care it was so cheap we didn't bother to file a claim. We're there for more than 90 days at a time, so from day 91 it's a crapshoot.
This week we received a mailing from American Airlines Frequent Flier about a really cheap plan, $129 a year PP, $149 for family, that includes medical air transport if needed [I suspect it must be really hard actually get it, but who knows?], but no medical coverage, it's for emergency care [helicopter, etc].
If you've bought regular Travel Health Insurance - what did it cost, and if you've actually had to use it, how satisfied were you with the coverage?
We're both on Medicare and have AARP supplementals - the AARP will cover any emergency care anywhere in the world for the first 90 days [you pay, they reimburse later, supposedly], but we've never used it. The few times my husband needed medical care it was so cheap we didn't bother to file a claim. We're there for more than 90 days at a time, so from day 91 it's a crapshoot.
This week we received a mailing from American Airlines Frequent Flier about a really cheap plan, $129 a year PP, $149 for family, that includes medical air transport if needed [I suspect it must be really hard actually get it, but who knows?], but no medical coverage, it's for emergency care [helicopter, etc].
If you've bought regular Travel Health Insurance - what did it cost, and if you've actually had to use it, how satisfied were you with the coverage?