Finding Doctor while travelling

jerryjay11 wrote:
I would think any medical insurance company has a web site and a search link to find providers that accept their insurance. At least I know Medicare and Tricare 4Life does. Both of which I have used to find providers that accept Medicare and Tricare 4Life. Or you could purchase a Travel Assist plan that also can direct you to providers.

Let me tell you from experience that trying to find a covered provider on a website using your phone when you've got a medical issue is no fun. When we had two issues during our last big trip I just called the 800 number from my insurance company, gave them my location and the kind of care I needed and had them email a list of covered providers. Clicking on an address in an email and having it search on Google maps was a hell of a lot easier than using the insurance website. Best of all I have a paper trail that shows I was directed by their people to the provider so it there's any out of network molarky I can take it to my companies HR (we're self insured so as long as I put in a good faith effort I can usually win)