THE CENTER FOR WILDERNESS & TRAVEL MEDICINE
TRAVEL INSURANCE -- A MUST!!!!
Medicare and most other health insurance companies do not cover you in a foreign country. The health care providers and hospitals expect you to pay up front. You "might" get partially reimbursed from some insurance companies but that is rare. You need a company that will pay your bills directly but more importantly direct or coordinate your care and evacuate you to a place that can provide the appropriate medical care.
One such company is MEDEX ASSISTANCE based in Towson, Maryland.
THE AVERAGE TRAVELER WILL WANT TO PICK TRAVMED ABROAD