What you should know about foreign travel and health insurance
When you travel outside your health insurer’s regular provider network, your insurer may not pay your medical bills, except for emergency care. Before you travel abroad, check with your health insurer to make sure you understand the rules in your policy. In some cases, especially if you plan to travel for an extended period to study or work, you may want to buy additional coverage.
Medicare doesn’t cover medical charges you incur outside the U.S. Other health insurers also may exclude or severely limit coverage for medical treatment you receive outside the U.S. You may want to buy additional health insurance to cover yourself while you are traveling.
If you are traveling abroad for a short time, such as for a vacation, insurers offer reasonably priced policies. Insurers may sometimes link this coverage to your purchase of other types of coverage at the same time — such as trip-cancellation insurance that includes medical coverage. Vacation insurance policies also typically cover only short-term travel — such as two weeks. If you think you might stay outside the country for any length of time, be sure to specify any long-term coverage needs.
Oct 28, 2008
What you should know about foreign travel and health insurance
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