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I have my parents visiting US for 5 months. I want to have their insurance. My mother have issue with nerve and bone so I want to take her to specialist visit. Is there any insurance plan that covers her to take to doctor?

Answer:

There is not an insurance on the market anywhere that will cover pre-existing conditions for visitors to the U.S.  The plans for visitors will cover new injuries and new illnesses that manifest after the effective date of the policy.  Anything to do with a pre-existing condition as you have described below would just be out of pocket expenses.

Depending on the age of your mother, some plans do have an Acute onset benefit for pre-existing conditions, however this benefit is for sudden and unexpected acute onsets of pre-existing conditions that come on without any warning, are rapidly progressing and require immediate treatment within 24 hours.  This benefit is a possibility of coverage for these types of situations and not a guarantee of coverage as it would be based on the attending physicians report at the time of claim.  But again, this is for urgent situations requiring immediate treatment so anything where there is time to set up an appointment  and go to a doctor for treatment would not qualify under this benefit.

Please look at our Visitors Insurance section to view the plans that we offer to cover visitors here in the U.S.  You will be able to see which plans also include the Acute onset benefit in the list.

I hope this answers your questions.  If you have any more or need further assistance, please let us know.


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