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Q:Visitor medical insurance questions Hi - I would like to purchase visitor medical insurance for the visit of my parents. My father is 71 years old and my mother is 69 years old. I would like to have the maximum possible coverage limit available for their respective ages. Also, I am looking for a reliable and financially sound insurance company with good customer and claims service. Which insurance programs would you recommend? I spent some time researching the material presented on your website and I have a few questions. 1. My parents left India in March and are currently visiting Thailandfor a period of 2 months. After that, they will come to America in May. On their return journey, they will go from US to Thailand first and then to India.Are they eligible for purchasing medical insurance for their visit to America? Will their intermediate visit to Thailand preclude them from coverage? 2. Are there are any advantages/disadvantages of purchasing a joint policy or both of my parents as opposed to separate policies for either of them? If I purchase a joint policy, then is the deductible and co-insurance payments of comprehensive insurance plans cumulative across both of them, or apply separately to either of them? 3. How would you compare World Med with Protection America, Expatriot Plus, Patriot America and Atlas America? Is AIG backed World Med a better plan than the other IMG or Lloyds plans? Also, is dealing with TIS any better or worse than IMG for claims processing? 4. How would you compare the Multiplan PPO network of World Med with the First Health PPO network of Protection America? 5. On your website, it says that Protection America plan is not HIPAA compliant. What does that entail and what are the risks involved in purchasing such a plan? 6. Is World Med plan HIPAA compliant? 7. Is there a PPO network involved for prescription drugs for either World Med or any of the IMG plans? 8. For World Med plan, is the 20/80 co-insurance split for the first $5000 of eligible expenses annual, per period of policy coverage, or per sickness/illness event? 9. For the World Med plan, are emergency room charges covered? If so, is there a separate deductible involved when the treatment does not involve admittance to the hospital? 10. For non-US citizens visiting US for a temporary period, is there a plan that covers sudden recurrence of a pre-existing condition (diabetes, high blood pressure). It looks like ExPatriot Plus provides such coverage for US citizens traveling outside the US. 11. What is a specialty plan? I'll appreciate if you could please provide me with this information. Thanks, IM

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1. Yes, your parents would be eligible to enroll in a medical insurance plan. No, their intermediate visit to Thailand will not exclude them from coverage. Although, with any IMG products such as ExPatriot Plus, Patriot, or Protection America for ages 65 and older the initial period of coverage must begin within 30 days of their arrival in the U.S or any time before arrival in the US. 2. Whether you buy one combined policy or separate policy for each person, all the benefits are per person. Policy maximum is per person, co-insurance, and deductible. There are many advantages in buying separate policy each person. Just in case one parent would like to go back early, you can renew the policy for the other parent. You can't achieve that if you put your parents on one application. In case one parent has a claim, and the other parent with no claim is going back early (or both are going back early), you can get a refund for the parent who never submitted a claim. You definitely have more options for each individual if you did separate applications. The only disadvantage in having separate policies is that, if you buy a renewable plan, and you want to renew for both parents, you would have to pay a renewal fee (let's say 5) per person, instead of $5 per policy. 3. If you are looking for a higher maximum benefit for your father, than World Med would be a good plan. You father would be able to get $100K, whereas all the other plans would give him $50K maximum. Depending on whether or not having a PPO network is important to you would be another factor on selecting a plan. World Med, Protection America, and Atlas America all have networks. Whereas, Patriot America and ExPatriot Plus do not. When you parents go to doctors and hosptials in the network, they will charge only the Network Negotiated Fee which is a discounted fee in many cases and can bill directly to the company. 4. First Health is the largest most well recognized network. It has approximately 67% of all the hospitals in the US and over 500K physicians in the network. MultiPlan is a good network, but not as many providers. 5. These plans are not HIPAA compliant because they do not cover pre-existing conditions. All the visitor medical insurance (or any other short terms insurance plans) are NOT HIPAA compliant. 6. No 7. No, network for prescription drugs in any company, only medical. 8. Annual 9. Yes, emergency room charges are covered. 10. No 11. That just means that it is somewhere between fixed and comprehensive coverage. There is overall $250k limit for 70-74 age, but there are coverage max. limitations for serveral things like heart attack.
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Q:Five visitors to USA I am looking for a visitor medical insurance for five vistors to USA. All of them are non-us residents. The Plan B of Visit USA package looks good for them at the schedule of deductible 250 without any other options. Name Sex Date of Birth Date of entry Date of leave Wang, * Male 05/12/1958 03-Apr-06 16-Apr-06 Duan, * Male 15/05/1964 03-Apr-06 16-Apr-06 Qi, * Male 12/02/1964 03-Apr-06 16-Apr-06 Ren, * Male 04/05/1971 03-Apr-06 16-Apr-06 Zhao, * Male 04/10/1965 03-Apr-06 16-Apr-06 Please prepare a quote and let me know how to settle the payment remotely.

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Thank you for your interest in purchasing visitor medical insurance. Here are the quotes. Wang, * $86.00 Duan, * $86.00 Qi, * $86.00 Ren, * $64.00 Zhao, * $86.00 You can either apply online at /visit-usa-insurance/ if you are paying by credit card Or you can download paper application from /visit-usa-insurance/ and pay by check or money order. You can make it payable to 'Travel Insurance Services' and send it to us at InsuBuy.com 4700 Dexter Dr, Suite 100 Plano, TX 75093 Please let me know if you have any further questions.
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Q:Insurance for my mother Actually I am inquiring on behalf of my mother, and I have given you her info above and you can contact her and let her know that it was her daughter Melissa who gave you her info. With that being said here is our challenge and we what we would like advice on. My mother has recently retired and has been told even though she is collecting SS that she is not eligible for Medicare for 2 years. Now my father is retired as well but is currently receiving Medicare. Up until now their insurance had been through my mothers employer but since she is retired she is only eligible for the "Cobra" plan its quite expensive and the insurance is frankly not worth the price of the Cobra plan. She is looking to insure both her and my father. He would need a co-insurance for his Medicare but this would be her only source of insurance until she is eligible for Medicare. Her main concerns are hospitalization and prescription drug benefits and co-pays and of course price. With all that in mind could some one contact her and maybe show them options available to them.

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Thank you for your interest in purchasing health insurance. We have an insurance plan just for people like you. Please look at the bridge plan at /bridge-plan/health-insurance/ You can look at the details of the insurance and rates online. If you like the insurance, you can download the paper application and fax it to us. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at any time.
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Q:No credit card I just wanna to come to france for a visit. but the embassy need the medical insurance as a criterea for giving the visa.we dont have the credit card system here in our country.please give a suggestion to get the medical insurance.

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You can send us the paper application, available at /schengen-travel-insurance/ You can pay with cashier's check, demand draft or money order.
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Q:Visitors Care questions I am looking to purchase insurance for my folks (born 1938 and 1952) upto 3-4 months. I am inclined to take the fixed coverage option. The folks are normal healthy people and have no existing serious medical history. Could you please help clarify the following: 1. Would the cards provided, state 'PPO' network. 2. What hospitals/doctors/health care providers from TULSA, OKLAHOMA are registered with your insurance company. 3. Once the insurance company is notified in advance for a health service, How long is the delay before which the insured can seek the services of the health care provider.2. In case, the insured person visits a doctor, would he/she have to pay the amount more than the deductible(say $50). 4. Would the underwriter or the insurance company directly pay the amounts to the health care provider. 5. Does the insurance company take care of the payments by itself, or it seeks the permission and funds from its underwriter. 6. What is the rating of the service quality by the customers for the various options you have. I am the kind of person who would opt for the coverage where I would not have to get into the hassles of getting the insurance provider pay me after a tiresome and delayed sequence of paperwork. Rest assured that if I ever need a service I would inform the insurance company in advance, except for unforeseen emergencies. Please let me know what would you recommend. I would appreciate your reply.

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Thank you for your interest in purchasing visitor heatlh insurance. Following questions apply to fixed coverage plan. 1, 2, 4. Visitors Care participates in First Health PPO network. Read /international-medical-ppo-network/ 3.1 You don't have to notify the insurance company for things like Dr. visit. For major things, you just have to let the insurance company know by calling them. You can immediately seek treatment. 3.2 If you take $50,000 coverage (Visitors Care), insurance company pays $55 for every doctor visit once the deductible is satisfied. You pay anything beyond that. 5. They take care of the payments by itself. 6. Excellent. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
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Q:Insurance for 10 weeks Greetings, I am writing on behalf of a student who is planning to come for the summer program 2006 here in the US under the J1 visa. She needs a medical assurance for a period of 10 weeks. I would appreciate if you provide the adequate information. Is it possible for her to have medical coverage while in Zimabwe or she has first to get here, then she will process the application

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You can look at Visit USA-Healthcare at /j1-visa-health-insurance/ You can apply for this insurance from anywhere. You can get instant quotes and make instant purchase online. If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us at any time.
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