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medical insurance for a trip outside the USA Hi, I am a Swiss citizen living in the USA. I will be going to Pakistan for 5 weeks and to Switzerland and France for 2 weeks this summer (July-August 2007).I would like to purchase an insurance that will cover me for this trip (30 June to 26 August 2007) as well as the activities I will be doing (I will be on an expedition in Pakistan to climb the Diran peak (7262 meters) and will be climbing and mountaineering in France and Switzerland.Therefore I will need a plan with the hazardous sport rider with No altitude limitation. Looking at the different plans from the different companies, I have seen that the Atlas series from MultiNational Underwriters offer this type of insurance without altitude limit However, before I can buy a plan from you, I have a few questions: 1) I could not understand whether I need the Atlas America or Atlas International, I read on some documents that Atlas International was for US citizen outside the US AND for non-US citizen living in the USA but traveling abroad (which would be me). However, on other documents, I read that all non US citizen had to buy Atlas America, Please advice me which plan I should by and why (and where is the reliable information) 2) I will be part of a mountaneering expedition and thus would like to make sure that I will be insured with this plan (including the hazardous sport rider) even while mountaneering and that there are no altitude limit. Could you please confirm that this is the case. 3) The schedule of benefits says that emergency medical evacuations are covered only if the attending physician certifies that the evacuation is necessary. Obviously, there are No attending physician part way up a summit in Pakistan, and if an accident happened that is life threatening, my friend or the guide will call the rescue to get an helicopter to evacuate me to the nearest hospital. Could you please confirm that this will be cover by the insurance. 4) The schedule of benefits says (under trip interruption) that, if following an emergency medical evacuation, the physician states that it is necessary to return to my home country for proper medical treatment, a one way economy flight will be paid for till the terminal closest to my residence (so Boston). However, if the medical condition is so bad that one cannot be treated in an hospital in pakistan, obviously, one cannot either walk and take an economy flight to the state and then take a bus to a hospital to get the necessary treatment. So how does that work, please explain me. I look forward to hearing from you, and than you very much for your time Best Regards