“Obtaining medical treatment and hospital care abroad can be expensive, and medical evacuation to the U.S. can cost more than $50,000. Note that U.S. medical insurance is generally not accepted outside the United States, nor do the Social Security Medicare and Medicaid programs provide coverage for hospital or medical costs outside the United States. If your insurance policy does not cover you abroad, it is a good idea to consider purchasing a short-term policy that does. ”

Travel Insured intl. offers both primary emergency medical expense coverage and a hospital admissions guarantee with its plans.

My traveling companions were concerned on finding that i had not bought a temporary policy, as they do when traveling, which they do often. It was the one thing they had neglected to tell me about, as they assumed everyone buys a health insurance policy for overseas travel.
I had never needed insurance before, but now i’m older, I guess it’s time to look into it.

I am an outreach coordinator for the health videos website icyou.com.

I wanted to write and offer a few videos to add to the discussion. We have topics pages and channels with videos featuring health professionals, organizations and patients discussing the health care reform debate. The videos cover many different perspectives and opinions regarding the reform, so travelers can even find answers to their questions about the health care changes!

Here are the videos:
http://www.icyou.com/topics/politics-policy/healthcare-policy

http://www.icyou.com/topics/politics-policy/healthcare-politics

http://www.icyou.com/topics/politics-policy/healthcare-reform

Hope these help…and check back at icyou for more videos about health-related topics because we update daily!

Thanks,
Laura