July 03, 2014

Cyclists raise funds for medical travel for Southwest Colo. kids
http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20140627/NEWS01/140629614/-1/taxonomy/Cyclists-raise-funds-for-medical-travel-
JT Zink, 7, center, celebrates riding 28 miles on his bicycle in the Courage Classic in Summit County in 2013, along with Durango Derailers team captain Dr. Kelly Miller, from Pediatric Partners of the Southwest, and Les Lee, philanthropy director with ...


NL government increases medical transportation assistance
http://www.thelabradorian.ca/News/Local/2014-06-30/article-3781595/N.L.-government-increases-medical-transportation-assistance/1
The private vehicle travel and registered accommodations portions of the Medical Transportation Assistance Program will be enhanced to provide greater assistance to residents and families travelling for specialized insured medical services. A news ...


Medical tourism: Potential industry
http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Medical+tourism%3A+Potential+industry+&NewsID=419904
Medical tourism alternately called health tourism, medical travel, health travel or medical value travel is the process of people travelling to another country for the purpose of obtaining medical treatment. Traditionally, people would travel from less ...


Grant will help out with Iowa City medical travel
http://www.thonline.com/news/tri-state/article_c71e524e-7938-586f-80da-522fd2dee679.html
A nearly $4,000 grant will fund more than 130 trips to medical appointments in Iowa City for local low-income women and children. Women's Giving Circle recently awarded $3,990 to Project Concern and Region 8 Regional Transit Authority, a press release ...


Nain woman pushing for changes to medical travel coverage
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nain-woman-pushing-for-changes-to-medical-travel-coverage-1.2683840
The same policy applies for medical treatments for other people, but the rules are different. Roxanne Andersen said it's not fair that the Inuit government covers the cost for someone to accompany a patient obtaining other treatments, but does not ...


New report provides lessons from Indonesian medical travellers going to Malaysia
http://www.imtj.com/news/?entryid82=443522
One key point it highlights is that the idea of medical tourists traveling across the world for the cheapest care is out of date as most medical travel is regional, often between easy to reach nearby countries. The ease of travel determines where in ...


Check EHICs before travel, warns Gocompare.com
http://www.yourmoney.com/your-money/news/2353315/check-ehics-before-travel-warns-gocomparecom
The Gocompare.com research found that 92% of single trip travel insurance policies charge an excess on medical claims. However 90% of those would waive the excess on claims made for medical care when an EHIC had been correctly used in a ...


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 ...