Length of trip is irrelevant, because if it is needed it is needed - think of it as a one-time event that may be quick and over (quick ER trip) or prolonged (serious medical incident requiring prologonged specialty care and medical evacuatiion and repatriation). Whether the trip is one day or one hundred days, either extreem and everything in between is possible.
Location of trip and activities you are doing ARE relevant and may result in higher cost insurance since the "normal" insurance usually excludes certain things like higher risk sports and to have them covered you need an additional rider.
Our travel emergency medical insurance policy covers upto CAD$5 million and includes evacuation coverage.
Where would you look for health travel insurance for someone with pre-existing conditions?
My husband had a heart attack in July and had 3 stents inserted at that time. He was hospitalized again in mid September with chest pains. The September hospitalization turned out to be for medication reactions and not related to his heart as they had originally thought.
He was also diagnosed as diabetic at the time of his heart attack. He takes medication for that.
We would like to travel but don't really know where to look for appropriate out of country insurance coverage.
Where would you look for health travel insurance for someone with pre-existing conditions?
My husband had a heart attack in July and had 3 stents inserted at that time. He was hospitalized again in mid September with chest pains. The September hospitalization turned out to be for medication reactions and not related to his heart as they had originally thought.
He was also diagnosed as diabetic at the time of his heart attack. He takes medication for that.
We would like to travel but don't really know where to look for appropriate out of country insurance coverage.
Where would you look for health travel insurance for someone with pre-existing conditions?
My husband had a heart attack in July and had 3 stents inserted at that time. He was hospitalized again in mid September with chest pains. The September hospitalization turned out to be for medication reactions and not related to his heart as they had originally thought.
He was also diagnosed as diabetic at the time of his heart attack. He takes medication for that.
We would like to travel but don't really know where to look for appropriate out of country insurance coverage.
You need to talk to a broker and make sure that whatever you buy and where ever you get it from your husband is covered for his pre-existing conditions. If you don't explicitly mention something and make sure the insurance company knows about it before hand you could be in real trouble if something came up.