[pct-l] Travel Insurance

[Joan Henriksen]

My husband and I are using a short-term health insurance. You can shop for
plans at ehealthinsurance.com.  We bought high deductible insurance. It
would only cover out-of-state expenses if it is an emergency.   Basically,
if we need to go to the doctor for antibiotics we will foot the bill. But if
one of us falls and racks up $70,000 in surgical costs the insurance will
help out a lot.  It only costs $100 per month for two.  We are young and in
good health so I am sure that helps keep our monthly costs low.  Hope this
helps.



On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Kathryn Doiron <kdoiron at gmail.com> wrote:

> COBRA also happens to be quite expensive.  If they are in the same
> boat as us, we are quitting our jobs to do this thru-hike.  So without
> positive cash flow, what is a really cheap way to get catastrophic
> health coverage that will not kill the bank account and require
> getting off the trail to get a job again.  Having already talked to a
> travel insurance provider, once we went over a certain number of days,
> the price of the insurance jumped up to a price not worth considering.
>  Do we have to make a run to Canada to get medical coverage cheaply?
>
> kathryn
>
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 1:32 PM,  <ecpg at peoplepc.com> wrote:
> > COBRA it for 18 months. That was at least you have it even if you have to
> > pay for it yourself. YYour employer has to set it up if you ask for it.
> >
> > Carolyn Eddy
> > "Sweet Goat Mama"
> >
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