health insurance for trip to Canada

[bass_n_bob]

Medicare only covers you if you travel from the states to Alaska. My Medicare supplement insurer doesn't cover any travel in Canada. In my case I'm traveling for 2 weeks in Canada and returning to the states. Has anyone gotten temporary health insurance coverage that they can recommend?

[loggenrock]

Check out Seven Corners. They offer supplemental travel insurance. have gotten their plans before like when we spent over a month in Newfoundland. Not a lot of money. Haven't needed to try them out, so can't speak from that angle. ST

[garyhaupt]

PackerBacker wrote:
Morning Gary, my bank visa will cover me for 15 days until I turn 75, so now at 68 that leaves me 7 years to figure out the future! :C

... Eric

oooohhhhhhh.....Visa eh..hmmmmm


Gary Haupt

[sue_t]

Try to find coverage that includes ambulance fees. In the north, an ambulance is often an aircraft. If you're near a community with an airport, it could be a plane but if you're along the highway it might be a helicopter.

If you need to be evacuated to another hospital with a higher level of care (from Whitehorse) it is also usually by aircraft.

[Community Alumni]

Morning Gary, my bank visa will cover me for 15 days until I turn 75, so now at 68 that leaves me 7 years to figure out the future! :C

... Eric

[garyhaupt]

Packerbacker...once one arrives at the point of turning 65, BMO, for one..kisses the out-of-country travel medical coverage bon voyage. Good thing I hooked up with a younger chick.


Gary Haupt

[Community Alumni]

Check if you have a credit card that offers limited time insurance. When we are in the US, my gold Visa card covers us for 15 days; it covers almost 4 weeks if I were younger. :E

I'm sure some US premium credit cards offer similar coverage in Canada.

[canadafan]

Have a look here : http://www.visitorsinsurance.ca

Trevor