On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:19:04 -0400, you wrote: >Medical care in other countries is much cheaper( ER visit in Nassau $30??), >but med evac planes are ~$5000. >Lee Haefele
Cheaper, but not that cheap. I think the ER was $3800 and cardiologist was $1800, and the plane (which was a little prop plane) was about $4000 and the ICU was about another $2K. I don't know whether the information is on this computer, but it was about $10K on my credit card >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Rosalie B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 9:00 AM >Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Medical insurance > > >> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:42:27 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: >> >>>I am a US resident, and will be covered under Medicare and a supplimental >>>plan. Does anyone have any experience receiving medical attention outside >>>the US and getting payment from Medicare and a supplimental plan? Is one >>>plan differnet than another in this regard? >>> >> Medicare will pay NOTHING for any medical expenses outside the US. >> Absolutely nothing - zip, zero, nada. >> >> I am sure that there are differences in supplemental insurance plans >> in this regard. We are covered through Tricare for Life which is >> insurance through the military because Bob is retired military. When >> he had a heart attack in the Bahamas, they picked up between 50 and >> 80% of the expenses in the Bahamas (ER, ICU, cardiologist, and >> med-evac plane). I paid on my credit cards and then got reimbursed >> 6-8 months later. >> >> I understand there is travel insurance that you can get now that >> covers you even if you aren't on a scheduled carrier, but I suspect >> that it would be prohibitively expensive. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Liveaboard mailing list >> [email protected] >> To adjust your membership settings over the web >> http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard >> To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ >> >> To search the archives >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> >> The Mailman Users Guide can be found here >> http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.2.0/1495 - Release Date: 6/10/2008 >> 5:11 PM >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Liveaboard mailing list >[email protected] >To adjust your membership settings over the web >http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard >To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > >To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > >The Mailman Users Guide can be found here >http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
