[pct-l] Travel Insurance

[David Thibault]

Gotta tell this story from last year.  Only time I needed medical
assistance.

I was heading into Cascade Locks and was suffering from giardia - and I mean
suffering. Got into town in late afternoon and hit the motel, I was wiped
out.  Asked if they had a doctor in town and was told that a bus shows up
once a week - and as luck would have it today was the day.  They were
scheduled to leave town about 1/2 hour after I got there, so I immediately
dropped my pack and ran over to the grocery store, where the bus was
located, and knocked on the door.  They opened and asked what I wanted.  I
told them why I was there.  They looked at their watch and said I just made
it.  Got to see the doc, they gave me the prescription drugs, and when I
went to pay (I had insurance) said no charge.  Just blew me away!  Two days
later I was so much better.  I'll always have fond memories of how well I
was treated in Oregon - What a great place.

One time I was not - Day-Late.




>
> I'm 57, a non-smoker and live in South Dakota.  Insurance for me would
> cost $316 a month with $5K deductible, with no co-insurance.  After $5K,
> the plan pays everything...  That's the ehealthinsurance.com quote...
>
> I don't consider that excessive...
>
> Jeff.
>
> On 3/3/2010 2:32 PM, Joan Henriksen wrote:
> > 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:
> >
> >
>
>
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