Woman Medivacted from Breakway Dec. 6

[fstuff1]

Below is the link to the article/video, I was told from a friend at home it was on the news. Lets hope she is doing fine.

 

http://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-medevacs-woman-from-cruise-ship-norwegian-breakaway-50-miles-off-nc-coast/2014/12/06/

 

since it was the coast guard, the medevac was free.

 

thus if you have your own health insurance as everyone should nowadays (ie: Obamacare), I don't think there's a need for 3rd party health insurance for your trip.

Edited December 16, 2014 by fstuff1

[sparks1093]

since it was the coast guard, the medevac was free.

 

thus if you have your own health insurance as everyone should nowadays (ie: Obamacare), I don't think there's a need for 3rd party health insurance for your trip.

 

My health insurance does give me coverage overseas, but only if I am using an in-network provider. The last thing that I want to do is run around trying to find an in-network provider, so it's much easier to obtain travel insurance and I try to choose a policy that is primary for health. Bottom line is everyone needs to check their individual policy to find out what is covered or not.

 

While a medevac by the CG is at no cost this does not apply to a medevac from a port, which will cost upwards of $30k, which is another reason that I buy travel insurance.