Bollox.
Otherwise, what is this crap?
http://www.travelinsure.com/affiliate/vusahigh.htm?100121
If you get injured here (UK), they treat you, and then they say bye-bye.
No matter who you are. bye-bye, have a nice day.
The US has shit like this as pasted below.
Private sector shit.
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Low Cost Medical Insurance for U.S. Visitors is available for as little as $110 per month for ages 50 - 59. See our rate page for more details.
Underwritten by The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, a member of the AIG group of companies, Rated A++ "Superior" by AM Best Company.
Coverage is available to international visitors who come to the U.S. for pleasure, business or study and to new immigrants to the U.S. Coverage is available for up to 12 months.
High Limit Coverage is available with Visit USA-HealthCare's™ Optional High Limit Flight and Accident insurance for for those interested in higher accidental death limits.
New! Optional Hazardous Activity Coverage is available - Medical Expense coverage for activities normally excluded from coverage such as motorcycling, scuba diving, skiing and whitewater rafting.
You can choose from two insurance plans, each offering a choice of deductibles. After you pay the deductible per coverage period and 20 percent of the first $5,000 of covered medical expenses per incident, the insurance covers 100 percent of most other health care costs (see brief outline of coverages for details).
After reviewing the plan, click the Enroll Now link to enroll online, by fax or by mail. After your application has been processed, you'll receive a confirmation of coverage by mail.
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The Importance of Visitors Medical Insurance
Every year, thousands of international visitors and immigrants to the U.S. need emergency medical treatment and are unprepared for the high costs involved. Visit USA-HealthCare™ provides illness and accident expense protection, will help you find a doctor or hospital and can pay for treatment.
Benefits Included Plan A Limit Plan B Limit
Illness and Injury Medical Expense/Incident*
* The Medical Expense Benefit Limit for ages 80+ is $10,000. $50,000 $100,000
Emergency Medical Evacuation $50,000 $100,000
Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) $50,000 $100,000
Repatriation of Remains $10,000 $20,000
Family Travel Benefit $10,000 $10,000
Incidental Travel (to Canada, Mexico, U.S. Territories, maximum 14 days) Included Included
Emergency Travelers Assistance Service Included Included
Optional Benefits
Additional AD&D
Flight Insurance
AD&D Due to Other Accidents
$250,000
$100,000
Hazardous Activity Coverage Medical Expense coverage for activities normally excluded from coverage such as motorcycling, scuba diving, skiing and whitewater rafting.
Services Provided By...
The insurance benefits in this policy are underwritten by The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, NAIC # 012-19429, A++ rated by A.M. Best Company and a member of the American International Group of Companies (AIG).
The policy is exclusively administered by Travel Insurance Services, Walnut Creek, CA, a provider of travel/health insurance since 1973.
Emergency assistance is provided by AIGAssist, Houston, TX.
Claims are adjusted by AIG Life Insurance Company, Wilmington, DE.
Visit USA-HealthCare™ is a registered trademark of Travel Insurance Services and is also available through certain insurance agents and brokers throughout the U.S.
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BREIF OUTLINE OF COVERAGES
This is descriptive text, not a Policy. Upon receipt of your Certificate of Insurance, please read it carefully as it will describe the provisions of the Master Policy which will prevail. Your benefit limits depend upon your choice of coverage Plan A or Plan B, plus your purchase of the Optional Benefits.
Included Benefits
Illness and Injury Medical Expense / Incident
Emergency Medical Evacuation Expense
Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
Repatriation of Remains Expenses
Family Travel Benefit
Incidental Travel (to Canada, Mexico, U.S. Territories, maximum 14 days)
Emergency Travelers Assistance Service
Optional Benefits
Additional Accidental Death & Dismemberment
Hazardous Activity Coverage
Policy Exclusion
Medical Expense A: $50,000* / B: $100,000* per incident
No Per Policy Maximum Limit
If Injury or Illness occurs during the Period of Coverage and you, your insured spouse or dependent children require medical or surgical treatment, the policy will pay, after you pay the selected deductible per period of coverage, 80 percent of all reasonable and customary charges per incident for Covered Expenses up to $5000, then 100 percent up to the maximum amount applicable to the insurance plan selected.
*The Medical Expense Benefit Limit is reduced to $10,000 for Insureds who are age 80+ on the effective date.
Covered Expenses
Charges made by a hospital for room and board, floor nursing and other services, including charges for professional services and with the exception of personal services of a non-medical nature; provided, however, that expenses do not exceed the hospital’s average charge for semiprivate room and board accommodation.
Charges made for diagnosis, treatment and surgery by a physician.
Charges made for the cost and administration of anesthetics.
Charges for medication, x-ray services, laboratory tests and services, the use of radium and radioactive isotopes, oxygen, blood transfusions, iron lungs, and medical treatment.
Charges for physiotherapy, if recommended by a physician for the treatment of a specific disablement and administered by a licensed physiotherapist.
Dressings, drugs and medicines that can only be obtained upon a written prescription of a physician or surgeon.
Illness must be contracted and manifest itself, or Injury must occur, during the Period of Coverage. The first expense must be incurred within 30 days of the commencement of covered Injury or Illness. Benefit period is 26 weeks. However, all benefits will cease when an Insured Person arrives in his home country from the United States, or from Incidental Travel (14 days maximum) to Canada, Mexico, or U.S. territories.
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Emergency Medical Evacuation Expense A: $50,000 / B: $100,000
If Injury or Illness commencing during the Period of Coverage requires emergency evacuation to either the nearest medical facility where appropriate medical treatment can be obtained, or to the Country of Residence, all expenses incurred are covered up to the maximum benefit selected. An emergency evacuation must be recommended by a legally licensed physician who certifies that the severity of Injury or Illness necessitates such emergency evacuation and agreed to by you or your representative. Arrangements must be made by AIGAssist.
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Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) A: $50,000 / B: 100,000
If an Injury occurs during your Period of Coverage and results in one of the following losses within 365 days after an accident, the Policy will pay as follows:
Benefit Plan A Limit Plan B Limit
Loss of Life $50,000 $100,000
Loss of two Members $50,000 $100,000
Loss of one Member $25,000 $50,000
Regarding this Included coverage, “Member” means hand, foot or eye. Only one amount, the largest to which you are entitled, will be paid for all losses resulting from one accident.
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Repatriation of Remains Expenses A: $10,000 / B: $20,000
If Injury or Illness commencing during the Period of Coverage results in death, all reasonable expenses incurred for preparation and return of the remains to the Country of Residence will be paid up to the maximum selected. Arrangements must be made by AIGAssist.
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Family Travel Benefit A: $10,000 / B: $10,000
When covered Emergency Medical Evacuation is necessary and the attending physician considers it beneficial for the Insured Person to have a family member join him, the Company will pay for the family member’s economy fare travel and lodging (maximum $5,000).
When covered hospitalization of the Insured Person causes accompanying minor child(ren) to be unattended, the Company will pay up to the one way economy fare (maximum $5,000) less the applied value of the child’s/children’s unused travel tickets to their country of origin.
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Emergency Travelers Assistance
VISIT USA-HEALTHCARE™ includes a special service. You are eligible to use any of these assistance services during the Period of Coverage:
24-hour verification of medical coverage for hospitals and physicians.
24-hour medical care location service.
Medical case monitoring, arranging communication between patient, family, physicians, employer, consulate or embassy.
Emergency medical transportation arrangements.
Emergency message service for medical situations.
Multilingual services.
24-hour contact for legal emergencies.
Legal referral, to help you locate a consular official or attorney.
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Optional Benefit: Additional Accidental Death & Dismemberment
Flight Only AD&D - $250,000 and AD&D - $100,000
This optional benefit may be purchased in addition to Basic Plan A or Plan B. If the optional benefit is selected and the premium paid in advance of the Period of Coverage, the policy will pay, in addition to Basic Plan limits, as follows:
Flight Only AD&D
Benefit Limit
In the event injury is sustained while riding as a fare paying passenger on a scheduled airline:
Loss of Life $250,000
Loss of two Members $250,000
Loss of one Member $125,000
AD&D
Loss of Life $100,000
In the event injury is sustained by any other cause, and not otherwise excluded from the policy: Loss of two Members $100,000
Loss of one Member $50,000
Regarding this Optional coverage, “Member” means hand, foot or eye. Only one amount, the largest to which you are entitled, will be paid for all losses resulting from one accident.
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Optional Benefit: Hazardous Activity Coverage
This optional benefit may be purchased in addition to Basic Plan A or Plan B. If the optional benefit is selected and the premium paid in advance of the Period of Coverage, Medical Expense Coverage will be provided for motorcycling, scuba diving, jet, snow and water skiing, mountain climbing, sky diving, amateur racing, piloting an aircraft, bungee jumping, spelunking, whitewater rafting, surfing or parasailing.
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Exclusions
For Medical Expense Benefit, this insurance does NOT cover:
Pre-Existing Conditions, defined as any injury or illness which was contracted or which manifested itself, or for which treatment or medication was prescribed within three years prior to the effective date of this insurance.
Services, supplies or treatment, including any period of hospital confinement, which are not recommended, approved and certified as necessary and reasonable by a physician, or expenses which are non-medical in nature.
Expenses incurred as a result of or in connection with: a) Declared or undeclared war, or any act thereof; b) Injury sustained while participating in professional athletics; c) Intentionally self-inflicted injury, suicide while sane or attempted suicide while insane; d) Motorcycling, scuba diving, jet, snow and water skiing, mountain climbing, sky diving, professional or amateur racing, piloting an aircraft, bungee jumping, spelunking, whitewater rafting, surfing or parasailing; or e) Commission of a felony.
Expenses for: a) Pregnancy, childbirth, or miscarriage; b) Routine physicals; c) Cosmetic or plastic surgery, except as the result of an accident; d) Elective surgery; e) Any mental and nervous disorders or rest cures; f) Dental care, except as the result of injury to natural teeth caused by accident; g) Eye refractions or eye examinations for the purpose of prescribing corrective lenses for eyeglasses or contact lenses or for the fitting thereof, unless caused by accidental bodily injury incurred while insured hereunder; h) Alcoholism, drug addiction, or use of any drug or narcotic agent; i) Treatment by the Insured’s Immediate Family; or j) Expenses incurred within the Insured’s home country.
Traveling expressly for the purpose of obtaining medical treatment.
All coverages, except Accidental Death and Dismemberment, shall be in excess of all other valid and collectible insurance indemnity and shall apply only when such benefits are exhausted.
For Accidental Death and Dismemberment, this insurance does NOT cover:
Any loss, fatal or non-fatal, caused by or resulting from: a) Intentionally self-inflicted injury, suicide while sane or attempted suicide while insane; b) War or any act of war, declared or undeclared, or service in the military, naval or air service of any country; c) Piloting or acting as a crew member, or riding in any aircraft except as a fare paying passenger on a scheduled airline; d) Illness, disease, pregancy, childbirth, miscarriage; e) Any bacterial infection other than one occuring from an accidental cut or wound; f) Hernia; or g) The insured being under the influence of drugs (unless taken under the advice of a physician and within the amounts prescribed by a physician) or intoxicants of any type including alcohol.
For Emergency Medical Evacuation and Repatriation of Remains Expense, this insurance does NOT cover:
Any loss fatal or non-fatal caused by or resulting from (a), (b) or (c) above.
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To determine your Visit USA-HealthCare™ rate, choose Plan A or Plan B and a deductible ($250, $500, $1,000) from the chart below.
Monthly Premiums Plan A Plan B
Age Deductible Per Policy Period:
$250 $500 $1000 $250 $500 $1000
Under age 19 $48 $43 $38 $72 $65 $58
19 - 29 $50 $45 $40 $76 $68 $60
30 - 39 $70 $63 $56 $106 $95 $85
40 - 49 $97 $87 $78 $146 $132 $117
50 - 59 $137 $123 $110 $207 $186 $165
60 - 64 $160 $144 $128 $242 $217 $193
65 - 69 $210 $189 $168 $317 $285 $254
70 - 79 $350 $315 $280 N/A N/A N/A
Age 80+ * $450 $405 $360 N/A N/A N/A
* The Medical Expense Benefit Limit for ages 80+ is $10,000.
15 Day Premiums Plan A Plan B
Age Deductible Per Policy Period:
$250 $500 $1000 $250 $500 $1000
Under age 19 $27 $24 $21 $40 $36 $32
19 - 29 $28 $25 $22 $42 $38 $33
30 - 39 $39 $35 $31 $59 $53 $47
40 - 49 $54 $48 $43 $81 $73 $65
50 - 59 $76 $68 $61 $114 $103 $91
60 - 64 $88 $80 $71 $134 $120 $107
65 - 69 $116 $104 $93 $175 $157 $140
70 - 79 $193 $174 $154 N/A N/A N/A
Age 80+ * $248 $223 $198 N/A N/A N/A
* The Medical Expense Benefit Limit for ages 80+ is $10,000.
Optional Benefits Rates
Additional Accidental Death & Dismemberment Coverage
Hazardous Activity Coverage
This will increase your Basic Plan Premium as follows:
Add ONE Optional Benefit - Multiply Basic Plan Premium by 1.20
Add TWO Optional Benefits - Multiply Basic Plan Premium by 1.30
AND ANOTHER TEN LINKS OF CRAP I COULD ADD ONTO THAT!
TOTAL CRAP!
PRIVATE SECTOR CRAP!
Anyone from my country would say that you gotta be out of your tiny mind to have a system of healthcare like that.
