Temp medical insurance for overseas visitor

[kermit116]

We may have a family member (who is a resident & citizen of another country) coming to visit us for about a month this summer. Her health insurance from her home country does not cover her when she's in the US. I'm worried that if she has a health issue while here (which may happen because she's a little older & usually has some sort of issue requiring a doctors visit about every other month), we won't have the $$ to cover her health expenses, and neither will she. Is there any kind of temporary health insuranace you can buy for an overseas visitor to cover them while they are in the US? Not sure if travel insurance would cover this.

 

[sissy_ib]

We may have a family member (who is a resident & citizen of another country) coming to visit us for about a month this summer. Her health insurance from her home country does not cover her when she's in the US. I'm worried that if she has a health issue while here (which may happen because she's a little older & usually has some sort of issue requiring a doctors visit about every other month), we won't have the $$ to cover her health expenses, and neither will she. Is there any kind of temporary health insuranace you can buy for an overseas visitor to cover them while they are in the US? Not sure if travel insurance would cover this.

Travel insurance usually also has a certain amount of medical insurance. It sounds like she has some pre-existing conditions. If so you need to make sure those are covered by the plan she chooses. We have travel insurance with Travel Insured for our vacation next year and it covers us up to $50,000 each.
However, you usually need to get the insurance with in 14 days of booking a trip in order for it to cover pre-existing conditions.

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

One of my family members always uses Travel Guard:

http://www.travelguard.com/quickquote/

It is not available for all countries, but you might want to take a look.

 

[iamtrustworthy]

We may have a family member (who is a resident & citizen of another country) coming to visit us for about a month this summer. Her health insurance from her home country does not cover her when she's in the US. I'm worried that if she has a health issue while here (which may happen because she's a little older & usually has some sort of issue requiring a doctors visit about every other month), we won't have the $$ to cover her health expenses, and neither will she. Is there any kind of temporary health insuranace you can buy for an overseas visitor to cover them while they are in the US? Not sure if travel insurance would cover this.

I'm happy to give you some advice. I need to know the following:

Where is your family member from?
How old are they?
How long will they be here?

Steve Dasseos