They still advise to get travel insurance even with the E111 (or whatever it's called these days).
Travelling with a medical condition
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They still advise to get travel insurance even with the E111 (or whatever it's called these days).
Yeah, but I can get normal travel insurance to cover flights and baggage but not medical for that, which is so much cheaper.
My bank say if I upgrade my current account to a premier life account they'll cover me, at least from July, so long as I remain stable till them.
Another said to try again next month after I've had a scan and am no longer waiting.
I've found a fairly reasonable quote for travel insurance which will cover my condition (I'm going to double check it before I go ahead and buy though), the price seems a little too good to be true considering the other quotes I've had.
Now it's on to trying to arrange oxygen. The people who supply it to my home will supply it for £66 per week, but don't supply it in Canada or parts of Spain, so I sense this being another hassle.
Now it's on to trying to arrange oxygen. The people who supply it to my home will supply it for £66 per week, but don't supply it in Canada or parts of Spain, so I sense this being another hassle.
is that the just for the oxygen or is it rental/maintanence of the equopment?
For Canada you start with medigas (www.medigas.com) and see what they can do for you - just looking at their webiste they seem to be right across the country.
Never used them - just seen their vehicles about.
I need to rent the equipment while there. It's not even something I think I will need, I just think it'll be a good idea to have it there just in case.
The suppliers of my home oxygen put me in touch with a Canadian supplier they work with and the cost is very high, at least for me, at around £440 for 2 weeks. There's also been an increase in the cost of the flights by about £100 because BA's sale has ended, along with the insurance premium and the need to renew my passport it's looking like I won't be able to afford this trip now. But I'll check out that company for future reference, thanks.
Emergency medical services should cover you no matter where you go.
Sure the insurance companies will fight it out later, but that would never really stop you from getting emergency care. Check with your insurance agent; they will explain to you what is and isn't covered overseas and they can give you contact numbers you can carry with you.
One Big Hint: Do like I do and carry a cheap dog-tag-like USB flash drive around your neck. (Mine was $15; cheap insurance)
In PLAIN TEXT FILES that can be opened by any text editor on any computer, put your emergency contact information, your known medical conditions, medication allergies and current prescriptions. If you have specific people who are only allowed to make medical decisions for you, put their contact information in clearly.
What the doctors don't know there can kill you....
Sure the insurance companies will fight it out later, but that would never really stop you from getting emergency care. Check with your insurance agent; they will explain to you what is and isn't covered overseas and they can give you contact numbers you can carry with you.
One Big Hint: Do like I do and carry a cheap dog-tag-like USB flash drive around your neck. (Mine was $15; cheap insurance)
In PLAIN TEXT FILES that can be opened by any text editor on any computer, put your emergency contact information, your known medical conditions, medication allergies and current prescriptions. If you have specific people who are only allowed to make medical decisions for you, put their contact information in clearly.
What the doctors don't know there can kill you....
Yeah, I'd get emergency cover but I wouldn't be able to afford to pay for any of it, in Europe the countries (and even Australia, New Zealand and various other countries) have UHC and as long as you get treated at a state facility you can be treated on the same basis as any one from that country, which usually is a small co-payment or even for free, and any expenses you do have to pay out of pocket the health service in the UK will pay back to you, but the same isn't true of the US or Canada. So at a push I could do without medical cover in Europe but not in Canada.
Thanks that's good advice, I would take along a doctors letter any way and the people I would be travelling with would know to tell any medical professionals about it, but still a good idea.
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