Medical Insurance for RVer while in Mexico
There is a discussion on the BajaNomad site about someone having a major medical event while on vacation in Cabo, http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=74155. The outcome was less than favor...
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moisheh wrote:
Almot: Not all stand alone plans will take you anywhere. There are 2 that do; Sky Med and MASA. These are not cheap. Over $300 a year. Anything that costs $100 or so will not be of much use.
No, not all. Many will, however.
Skymed is THE most expensive, and the only thing to their advantage is that they guarantee a renewal at any age. Their North American Transportation plan starts from $600.
Medjet will, and it costs same or less than Skymed, depends on how long you stay out of country every year.
Geos also will, and costs less than Medjet - individual evac plan from Mexico costs $120, from USA/Canada $100.
MASA I don't know - will check it out, thanks.
And there were few others that I don't remember, expensive, with included rescue option in addition to evac. Geos have a rescue option separate and very cheap, btw, but they require you to have one of approved communication devices to use rescue option - sat phone or texting/emailing gizmo like DeLorne, Spot etc.
Of popular standalone plans that don't offer choice of destination hospital, I only know DAN. Maybe there are some others, but with DAN being so cheap, and with no-choice evac already included in a typical travel medical, I didn't look too hard.
