June 19, 2014

How to Decide if You Need Travel Insurance
http://online.wsj.com/articles/how-to-decide-if-you-need-travel-insurance-1402791563
Travel season is in full swing, and travel-insurance offers are everywhere. But how do you know if you really need it? For starters, examine your existing coverage in four main areas: trip-cancellation, baggage loss or damage, emergency medical care ...


Travel insurance: pick your way to the best policy
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/jun/09/travel-insurance-pick-best-policy
As a guide, Which? recommends travel policies should cover medical expenses of at least £2m (Europe) or £5m (worldwide); at least £3,000 for cancellation; and at least £1,500 for baggage and belongings cover. It offers useful tables on its website ...


Travel Medical Insurance: Don't Leave Without it
http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2014/05/19/travel-medical-insurance-dont-leave-without-it/
Many vacationers are familiar with travel insurance, which is usually offered while purchasing an airline ticket or cruise. Such policies can be helpful to recoup the costs of lost luggage or a change in plans. Travel medical insurance is somewhat ...


Medical Travel To Mainland Could Be Important Social Benefit
http://www.scillytoday.com/2014/06/11/medical-travel-to-mainland-could-be-important-social-benefit/
hospital nhs sign 2 Reducing the number of medical trips to the mainland could take away an important social benefit for islanders. That was the view Chris Blong, the Vice Chair of the Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group at their board meeting, held on ...


TODAY: Over 100 Patients, Caregivers, and Advocates Travel to Albany to Urge ...
http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2014/06/today-over-100-patients-caregivers-and-advocates-travel-albany-urge-passage-comprehensi
TODAY: Over 100 Patients, Caregivers, and Advocates Travel to Albany to Urge Passage of Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Legislation - the Compassionate Care Act. Share: Negotiations Between Senate, Assembly and Governor Continue as Deadline ...


Medical emergencies top highest travel claims
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1405/S00745/medical-emergencies-top-highest-travel-claims.htm
?Once a person has suffered a medical event, SCTI monitors their progress with a view to stabilising their condition, and then deciding whether to continue treatment overseas, repatriate back to New Zealand, or continue on with their travels without ...


NWT MLA's motion to pay medical escorts fails
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/n-w-t-mla-s-motion-to-pay-medical-escorts-fails-1.2662963
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into our small communities is quite stressful and hectic. Travelling out of our communities is also stressful, especially on medical travel,? Yakeleya said, noting that his motion would apply primarily to those who travel for an extended period ...


Travel insurance purchase requires diligence
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/travel-insurance-purchase-requires-diligence-1.2654329
But as some Canadian travellers have discovered, buying travel insurance to protect against a nasty financial surprise may not necessarily mean full protection from hefty bills for medical treatment outside their home province. On Monday, CBC 's Go ...